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Rape and Winning

Robert Koehler | Posted 05.23.2013 | Politics
Read More: Pentagon, Congress, Domination Culture, War on Terror, Values, US Army, Military Sexual Assault, Jackie Speier, Military Rape, US Air Force, Politics News
Robert Koehler

Like suicide, sexual assault is skyrocketing in the military. Why? Could it be that the problem is deeply structural? Could it be that it's related to the domination culture the military embodies.

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Dem Rep Exposes Disturbing Marines Facebook Page

The Huffington Post | Chris Gentilviso | Posted 05.09.2013 | Politics
Read More: Marines, Video, Military, Military Sexual Assaults, US Marine Corps, Jackie Speier Marines, Sexual Assault, Jackie Speier Marine F'n Wook, Jackie Speier, Politics News

One day after a Pentagon report revealed a jump in military sexual assaults, more evidence has emerged of disturbing behavior toward female service me...

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Molly O'Toole

Lackland Sex Scandal Reaches The House

HuffingtonPost.com | Molly O'Toole | Posted 01.23.2013 | Politics
Read More: Air Force Sex Scandal, Military Sexual Trauma, Lackland Sex Scandal, Mike Turner, Buck Mckeon, Lackland Air Force Base, Lackland Scandal, Tailhook, Military Sexual Assault, Niki Tsongas, Jackie Speier, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Paula Coughlin and Jennifer Norris finished each other's sentences, laughed loudly and put a hand on the other's shoulder. Coughlin is a...

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Dem Rep Blasts Anti-Gay 'Quackery'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 11.29.2012 | Politics
Read More: Stop Harming Our Kids Legislation, Jackie Speier Stop Harming Our Kids, Stop Harming Our Kids, Video, Jackie Speier Shok, Gay Conversion Therapy, Shok, LGBT Rights, Ex-Gay Therapy, Jackie Speier, Politics News

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) unveiled a measure this week meant to take national steps to protect minors from so-called ex-gay conversion therapy, or...

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The Walls Are Closing In On The Ex-Gay Industry

Wayne Besen | Posted 01.29.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: Alan Downing, John Paulk, Robert Knight, Splc, Ex-Gay, Reparative Therapy, Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH), Chaim Levin, Conversion Therapy, Ex-Gay Industry, Ex-Gay Therapy, Jackie Speier, Gay Voices News
Wayne Besen

In 1998 fifteen religious-right organizations launched a huge advertising campaign to promote "pray away the gay" programs. Anti-gay activist Robert Knight called it the "the Normandy landing in the larger cultural wars." But things didn't quite work out as Knight had hoped.

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Molly O'Toole

Air Force Sex Scandal Report Cites 'Abuse Of Power' Amid Petraeus, Allen Investigation

HuffingtonPost.com | Molly O'Toole | Posted 11.15.2012 | Politics
Read More: Allen, David Petraeus, Jeffrey Sinclair, Lackland Scandal, CIA Director Petraeus, Jackie Speier, Video, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Military Sex Scandal, Petraeus, Lackland Air Force Base, Leon Panetta, Military Sexual Assault, Petraeus Scandal, Niki Tsongas, Politics News

A U.S. military shaken by the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus and the investigation of its top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, a...

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Molly O'Toole

The War We're Losing: U.S. Military Fails Female Victims Of Military Sexual Assault

HuffingtonPost.com | Molly O'Toole | Posted 05.20.2013 | World
Read More: Pentagon, Military Sexual Trauma, Department of Defense, Mary Kay Hertog, Sapro, Gary Patton, Women in the Military, Sexual Assault, Jackie Speier, Video, Military, Kirsten Gillibrand, Leon Panetta, Military Sexual Assault, Niki Tsongas, World News

NEW YORK -- On an isolated hilltop outpost overlooking a town in Eastern Afghanistan in spring 2007, a cell phone rang. If the phone -- a detonatio...

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Honoring Women Who Serve

Nancy K. Kaufman | Posted 07.31.2012 | Politics
Read More: Rep. Jackie Speier, US Military, Rape, Military, Memorial Day, Veteran's Administration, Rep. Jane Harman, Jane Harman, Va, Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act, Sexual Assault, Leon Panetta Defense Secretary, Jackie Speier, Military Women, Stop, Women in the Military, Politics News
Nancy K. Kaufman

It is disturbing that many women service members believe that they are in more danger of experiencing sexual assault from their male comrades in arms than they are of being felled by enemy fire.

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SFO Launches Program To Combat Human Trafficking

Robin Wilkey | Posted 03.20.2012 | San Francisco
Read More: Video, San Francisco Impact, Human Trafficking Sfo, Sex Trafficking, Airline Ambassadors International, Human Trafficking Airports, Human Trafficking San Francisco Airport, Labor Trafficking, Human Trafficking San Francisco International Airport, Jackie Speier, Jackie Speier Human Trafficking, Human Trafficking, San Francisco News

An innovative new program at San Francisco International Airport will train airport personnel to identify and stop human trafficking on commercial air...

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NOH8 On The Hill: 10 Members Of Congress Pose For Marriage Equality (PHOTOS)

Laurence Watts | Posted 04.23.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Noh8, Lynn Woolsey, Dennis Kucinich, Earl Blumenauer, Judy Chu, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Niki Tsongas, Jackie Speier, NOH8 Campaign, Barbara Lee, Congresspeople NOH8 Photos, NOH8 Photos, Congresspeople NOH8, Jared Polis, Congresspeople NOH8 Campaign, Noh8 on the Hill, Gay Marriage, Slidepollajax, Exposure, Gay Voices News
Laurence Watts

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WATCH: Congresswoman Wants Probe After Park Ranger Tases Dog Walker

AP | Posted 04.03.2012 | San Francisco
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MONTARA, Calif. -- A California congresswoman wants an independent investigator to determine whether a federal park ranger used excessive force when s...

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The Invisible War

Soraya Chemaly | Posted 03.18.2012 | Women
Read More: Girl With Dragon Tattoo, War Movies, Soldiers, Rape, Military Sexual Assaults, 16-Days-of-Activism, Rape Myths, The Invisible War, Sexual Assault, Jackie Speier, Video, Women News
Soraya Chemaly

Some people feel that talking about these crimes, prosecuting them and seeking legal recourse weakens our military. It is the exact opposite.

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Representatives Urge Government To Monitor Facebook, Twitter

Reuters | Mark Hosenball | Posted 03.13.2012 | Technology
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By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of a congressional subcommittee are urging the Department of Homeland Security to exte...

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A Crisis in Our Military

Rep. Jackie Speier | Posted 01.17.2012 | Crime
Read More: Politics, Law, Congress, US Military, Department of Defense, Army, Rape, Military, Crime, Justice Department, Petition, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Jackie Speier, Protect Our Defenders, Women, Crime News
Rep. Jackie Speier

The epidemic of sexual assault in the military is a problem we can fix -- we only have to want to. Our troops protect us and it is our duty to protect them.

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House Reps Protest Potential Food Stamp Cuts With Radical Stunt

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 12.31.2011 | Politics
Read More: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Congress, Food Stamps, Republicans Food Stamps, Democrats Food Stamps, Jeff Sessions, Food Stamp Budget, Speier, Jackie Speier, Video, Joe Courtney, Gop Food Stamps, Food Insecurity, 112th Congress, Snap, Politics News

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) along with eight other congressional Democrats are eating on a budget of about $4.50 a day to show solidarity with food ...

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Laura Bassett

House Passes Controversial Anti-Abortion Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 01.17.2012 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- After an emotional floor debate, the House of Representatives on Thursday passed the so-called Protect Life Act, which prohibits women f...

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People Always Have the Right to Opt Out

Chuck Teller | Posted 10.03.2011 | Green
Read More: Consumer Privacy, Cancel Catalogs, Jay Rockefeller, John McCain, Paper Waste, Catalogs, John Kerry, Junk Mail, Rep. Edward Markey, Joe Barton, Online Tracking Opt Out, Stop Junk Mail, Jackie Speier, Green News
Chuck Teller

Americans receive nearly 90 billion pieces of advertising mail every year. With thousands of companies offering to share their mailing lists, that adds up to an information super highway where individuals are losing control.

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Republicans Putting Party Above Country

Rep. Jackie Speier | Posted 09.19.2011 | Politics
Read More: Debt, Cut Cap and Balance, Debt Ceiling, David Brooks, Republicans, Jackie Speier, Npr, Default, Economy, Planned Parenthood, Politics News
Rep. Jackie Speier

Republicans are now touting a cynical ploy dubbed "cut, cap, and balance." It should be renamed politicize, pander, and abdicate.

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Respecting Women

Pat Waak | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Planned Parenthood Funding, Colorado, Women's Health, Rep. Chris Smith, Gop Planned Parenthood, Anti-Abortion, Planned Parenthood, Jackie Speier, Denver News
Pat Waak

This legislation and debate isn't really about Planned Parenthood. It isn't really about abortion. It isn't about even birth control. It has always been about controlling women.

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Why It Matters That We Elect More Women

Stephanie Schriock | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Women, Senate, Congress, John Boehner, Emily's List, Democrats, Gwen Moore, Jackie Speier, Politics News
Stephanie Schriock

We need to elect more women, regardless of what party, quite simply because a more representative government leads to policies that represent more Americans, better.

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"Abortion" Fuels Intolerant Thinking

Rep. Jackie Speier | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Women, Women's Issues, Women's Health, Jackie Speier, Politics News
Rep. Jackie Speier

In our nation's political dictionary, "abortion" is a word employed by intolerant people to cast shame on women who choose it.

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Elise Foley

House Approves Bill With Massive Spending Cuts After All-Night Session

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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***UPDATED*** WASHINGTON - After an all-night session, House Republicans early Saturday morning passed legislation that would slash $60 billion in ...

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Elise Foley

Jackie Speier On Sharing Her Abortion Story: 'It Just Overwhelmed Me'

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jackie Speier listened to debate on the House floor on Thursday evening as a Republican Rep. Chris Smith read a long, detailed desc...

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Ryan Grim

WATCH: Dem Rep Talks About Her Abortion

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Updated below... WASHINGTON -- Before Rep. Jackie Speier took the House floor late on Thursday night, New Jersey Republican Chris Smith used his ti...

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I Never Met Gabe Zimmerman (But I Knew Him)

Mike Larsen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Tea Party, Gabe Zimmerman, Political Violence, Capitol Hill Job, Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona, Democrats, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Jackie Speier, Politics News
Mike Larsen

I never met Gabe Zimmerman, but I knew him. The 30-year-old aide to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords who died in the service of his country Saturday ...

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