the hearing will come to order. welcome to the military subcommittee of military personnel subcommittee of the armed services committee. this is a very important issue that we are going to discuss today. i ve been fighting this epidemic of sexual assault in the military since 2011. we ve made meaningful progress addressing the scourge, survivors have more resources and there s more accountability for some commanders who would prefer to sweep assault under the rug. we ve also made important changes to the legal process, so that it s more closely representing the justice system. commanders can no longer unilaterally fill out convictions, the good soldier defense is gone though a witness suggests not all commanders are following the law and survivors don t have to suffer through article 32 processes that require them to endure up to 48 to 72 hours of cruel cross examination, absent normal legal checks. these are forms that endured of the made the system better for survivors an
public affairs, c-span s the presidents will be on shelves april 23, you can preorder your copy as a hardcover or e-book today@c-span.org/the presidents. or wherever books are sold. next, current and former military officials testify on the role of commanders in sexual assault prosecutions within the armed services. the house armed services military personnel subcommittee heard from three sexual assault survivors who described their treatment by the chains of command and fellow servicemembers, the second panel featured representatives of the military branches judge advocate general offices. the hearing is two hours and 20 minutes. the hearing will come to order. welcome to the military subcommittee of military personnel subcommittee of the armed services committee. this is a very important issue that we are going to discuss today. i ve been fighting this epidemic of sexual assault in the military since 2011. we ve made meaningful progress addressing the scourge, survivors
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at the russian president going on a great quarter over his last $2.00 decades and she s biggest test controlling the spread of the coronavirus counting the cost on al-jazeera. donald trump looks certain to be acquitted republican said of those witnesses in the u.s. president s impeachment so is this trial day is it and will democrats still pursue trump s removal of what does it mean for his reelection bid this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i m adrian finnegan the 3rd impeachment trial of a sitting u.s. president will likely come to an end on wednesday after the senate voted to block any witnesses testifying this puts still no trump a step closer to being acquitted given the republican majority in the upper house of the u.s. congress the trial resumes for closing arguments on monday but the vote has been pushed to witness day the day off to trump s annual state of the union address al-jazeera how does your caster reports from washington. democrats say the impea
witnesses and president, then handed over to these two guys. i think it is clear we wanted to do this as closely tied to what was fair back in 1999 when there were videotaped witnesses only and three in the clinton proceeding. i think it is important to keep in mind that what was fair then should be fair now. all of us have an open mind as we get through. we are going to to this frequently. you will get comments and we will have room for q and a. good morning. hope we do this every other day but not many more days. yesterday i believe the house managers in very professional, very respectful, i want to complement them on the way they conducted themselves in the senate. i said in the first day i thought they did a good job taking evidentiary points and weaving a narrative. we will see if that narrative stands scrutiny. i don t know about you but it is mindnumbing after a while. i got the general point they were trying to make the fourth time he told it. they are over trying t