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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
Via CNN: Failed oversight, lax punishments: How the Coast Guard has allowed sexual assault at sea to go unchecked
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MLAA
Date
MAR 18, 2023
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Investigation
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