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Monday, June 10, 2013
Sexually Assaulted Vets
A bill to make it easier for vets who were sexually assaulted in the military to claim disability benefits is moving through the House. The Veterans Affairs committee approved the measure last week. It's named after Navy vet Ruth Moore, who says she was repeatedly raped by her supervisor. The Veterans Affairs Department denied her benefits for more than two decades. The bill would impose new reporting and transparency requirements on the VA. It would not require victims to show proof of an assault. They could just give testimony. That would align it with VA requirements for combat veterans applying for disability payments.
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?? Disabled by having sex?? This is sheer idiocy.
Assaulted by sex. Do you think that isn't real or has ramifications?
That is not sex! It is violent assault!
No one ever sexually assaults me,daggonit.I must not be very appealing.
oh lord
It seems clear that by mixing boys and girls together in a theatre of male bravado and "we are here to break things" that this is inevitable.. No, it is not right it is pain common sense.
9:57 Yes for some it is a life long trauma. Rape can cause post traumatic stress not to mention the diseases passed on by the offender or even a unwanted pregnancy. Especially if the woman was a virgin.
Lets see you have women as nurses also on the line. So, a man had the mentality his sexual needs are to be relived by another combat soldier a woman. It is just a reflection of the rampant disrespect for females by today's generation. Remember M*A*S*H
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