Ariel Levy and Ryan Lizza on rape and politics.
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
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🗓️ 2 August 2013
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Ariel Levy and Ryan Lizza on rape and politics.
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| 1:11.2 | That was President Obama in May, responding to a Pentagon report that estimated that 26,000 service members were sexually assaulted last year. |
| 1:19.8 | Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York has been pushing a bill that would give military prosecutors rather than commanders the power to decide which cases to try. |
| 1:28.8 | She spoke last month at a press conference announcing the legislation. |
| 1:32.1 | If the victims do not trust the chain of command, they will not report these cases. |
| 1:36.9 | If they've witnessed other people reporting being retaliated against, they will not trust |
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