To be sure, congress made numerous reforms to the military Justice System to protect victims rights. Over 200 provisions of law , secretarial initiatives and independent recommendations have been undertaken within the last three years. The Defense Department cites increased rates of Sexual Assault as evidence of the progress made. While rates have improved dramatically and servicemembers consistently cited fear of retaliation or the perpetrator or perpetrators friends concerned about their careers as reasons for not reporting. Our Research Indicates the fears are well grounded. The positive trend will not continue as victims see those who report their result is taken to address the problem. Ending retaliation is critical to effectively addressing Sexual Assault in the u. S. Military. Miranda peterson good morning. My name is miranda peterson. Im the policy director. I would like to recognize the incredible work of Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch and shining the light of this deva
Colorful pictures bio twitter handles and a district maps a look at congressional committees the president s cabinet, federal agencies and state governments. It is 13. 95 plus shipping and handling through the online store. Next, West Virginia senator joe manchin talks about improving government. This is brought to you by the Brookings Institute. It runs 50 minutes. Sglp good afternoon i am a fellow at the center for effective Public Management and managing editor of the fix gov blog. I would like to welcome you to the Brookings Institute and todays event. I would like to thank cspan for being here and invite everyone watching to follow along on social media. It is no secret the American Government is in a problem of dysfunction. Gridlock crippled the Institutions Trust in government plummeted and instead of getting answers, all we are getting is more problems. Too often we adapt to a dysfunctional system rather than work in a way to reform it. That is a serious problem. It results in
Senator manchin and senator bird were on my mind. We have been talking to senator manchins staff for some months now about the interesting and valuable perspective that former governors bring to the United States senate. One of our ad ppvisors is a former governor mayor and senator and when he left the senate we lost the champion for sensible government reform in the senate. I must say i am impressed with the reform agenda he has outlined. From agendas like returning to bipartisan lunches and the governors caucus itself to the groups. We have talked about this in the think tank world. It needs to be something we are grappling with the return of the Office Technology assistance. One of the few valuable small i think the whole thing had 90 people in it. Small pieces of government that was well worth its weight and somehow has got chopped. I would like to open senator by asking a sort of general question. Why is it so hard to get the United States Congress Interested in these common sense
To make things work, to make government of, by and for the people be just that. The movie lincoln, especially the second half of the movie, the part about winning congressional passage of the 13th amendment to outlaw slavery is about washington doing its job. People get squeezed. They get paid off with jobs. In short, they get worked. Go see lincoln, or go back and watch recount and see how things work on the inside. Thats hardball for now. Thanks for being with us. The ed show with ed schultz starts right now. Good evening, americans and welcome to the ed show from new york. The nra wants a assault weapons ban off the table. The white house disagrees. This is the ed show. Lets get to work. I do not think there is going to be a ban on socalled assault weapons passed by the congress. The nra continues their denial campaign. And Vice President joe biden resumed his task force today. Mark glaze has the detail on the nras agenda. Gun extremists wont give up and are as wacky as ever in the
The Arlington County Board on Saturday unanimously passed a $1.276 billion balanced budget that includes a number of fee increases but no real estate tax rate hike. The FY 2019 budget notably restores $70,000 in funding for Arlington Independent Media County Manager Mark Schwartz proposed cutting about $90,000 in county funds for the community TV