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Military Justice Improvement Act
Senate Bill 1752, more commonly known as the Military Justice Improvement Act (MJIA), was introduced by U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in 2013 as an attempt to reform procedures for determinations to proceed to trial by court-martial for certain offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and for other purposes. The focus of the bill is to address the way that sexual assault in the United States military is handled through the military justice system and the chain of command. The bill has been criticized as potentially leading to a decrease in sexual assault prosecutions and in the protections offered to alleged victims of sexual assault. A similar bill that keeps Commanders in charge has been championed by Senator Claire McCaskill Claire Conner McCaskill (; born July 24, 1953) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Missouri from 2007 to 2019 and as State Auditor of Missouri from 1999 to 2007. McCaskill is a native of Rolla, Mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazie Hirono Speaking In Support Of MJIA
Mazie may refer to: * Mazie, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Mazie, Oklahoma, a census-designated place * Mazie, the first live mascot (died 1929) of the New Hampshire Wildcats People * Mazie E. Clemens (1890s–1952), American journalist and WWI war correspondent * Mazie Follette (fl 1901–1911), American dancer * Mazie Gordon-Phillips (1896-1964), American movie theater owner * Mazie Hirono (born 1947), American junior senator from Hawaii * Mazie King (1888-1968), American toe dancer, vaudeville performer * Mazie Turner (1954-2014), Australian artist * Mazie O. Tyson (1900-1975), American geographer * Bob Mazie (1938–2017), American college football coach See also * Maisi (other) Maisi may refer to: * '' Maisi fisheri'', a species of beetle in the monotypic genus ''Maisi'' * Maisí Maisí is a municipality and town in the Guantánamo Province of Cuba. Its administrative seat is located in the town of La Máquina. Geograp ... * Maisie (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Elizabeth Gillibrand (; ; born December 9, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from New York since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009. Born and raised in upstate New York, Gillibrand graduated from Dartmouth College and from the UCLA School of Law. After holding positions in government and private practice and working on Hillary Clinton's 2000 U.S. Senate campaign, Gillibrand was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2006. She represented New York's 20th congressional district and was reelected in 2008. During her House tenure, Gillibrand was a Blue Dog Democrat noted for voting against the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. After Clinton was appointed U.S. Secretary of State in 2009, Governor David Paterson selected Gillibrand to fill the Senate seat Clinton had vacated, making her New York's second female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
