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Title: Assemblywoman Lori Saldana Talks About Women's Active Duty Military And Veterans
Post by: Shana A on August 28, 2008, 09:00:35 AM
Assemblywoman Lori Saldana Talks About Women's Active Duty Military And Veterans Issues
by: Autumn Sandeen
Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 09:46:02 AM EDT

http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6711 (http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6711)

On Tuesday morning I had the good fortune to quickly interview to Assemblywoman Lori SaldaƱa, my California State Assembly representative, about sexual abuse of active duty military women. It's pretty apparent that sexually abused military servicewomen -- as a group -- don't have the abuse incidents handled well by incident investigators, and these servicewomen don't receive appropriate aftercare from either the military services or the Veterans Administration (VA). Here's the interview: