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Video: Courageous Maritime Sexual Abuse Survivors Hope Hicks & Midshipman-Y Speak Truth to Power & Urge the U.S. Coast Guard to Take Action Against Maritime Sexual Predators

Video: Courageous Maritime Sexual Abuse Survivors Hope Hicks & Midshipman-Y Speak Truth to Power & Urge the U.S. Coast Guard to Take Action Against Maritime Sexual Predators

Via CNN: Failed oversight, lax punishments: How the Coast Guard has allowed sexual assault at sea to go unchecked

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MAR 18, 2023

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