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Biden announces $800M more in military aid to 'fend off Russia's assault
Biden announces $800M more in military aid to 'fend off Russia's assault
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President Biden on Wednesday signed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), reflecting on the decades-long work on the law at an event at the White House.
"This law broke the dam of congressional resistance and cultural resistance and it brought this hidden epidemic out of the shadows," Biden said in remarks.
The reauthorization of the VAWA is part of the $1.5 trillion government funding bill, which Biden signed into law on Tuesday. The spending package also included aid to Ukraine.
Biden was a leading author of the VAWA in 1990 as a senator, and former President Clinton first signed it into law in 1994. It was reauthorized in 2000, 2005 and 2013.
"The fact is, it really wasn't so long ago, this country didn't want to talk about violence against women, let alone it being a national epidemic, something that government had to address. As a society, we literally looked away," Biden said. "I recall how many times I was told in the prelude of writing the legislation that it's a family affair. 'You don't understand, Biden, it's a family affair.'"
The bill Biden signed on Wednesday authorizes all current VAWA grant programs until 2027. Additionally, it expands special criminal jurisdiction of Tribal courts to cover non-Native perpetrators of sexual assault, child abuse and sex trafficking, and it supports a pilot program to help survivors in Alaska Native villages.
The bill increases services for survivors in the LGBTQ+ community and increases support for culturally specific services and services in rural communities.Comment
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More proof that the Russians have no respect for President Biden. Any response to an attempted preemptive by the Russian, or any other foreign state, will be automatic. SAC aircraft are in the air 24 hours a day waiting for the strike signal from the fail safe system, or the loss of the hold signal for more than a set time.
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President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "war criminal" Wednesday, a rhetorical leap that came as civilian deaths mount in Ukraine.
It was the harshest condemnation of Putin's actions from any US official since the war in Ukraine began three weeks ago. Previously, Biden had stopped short of labeling atrocities being documented on the ground in Ukraine as "war crimes," citing ongoing international and US investigations.
But on Wednesday, speaking with reporters at an unrelated event, Biden affixed the designation on the Russian leader.Comment
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Joe Biden Refers to Kamala Harris as ‘First Lady’ in Latest Gaffe - Truth PressComment
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He is in La-La land. It must have been time for his nap.
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Biden officials fear "mass migration event" if COVID border policies endComment
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NOW WE KNOW WHO IS PULLING THE STRINGS.
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Biden SCOTUS Nominee Has Stomach-Churning Record of Making Excuses for Child Porn Offenders, Letting Them Off the Hook
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