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MiNe 109 wrote:
You consider Biden competent? I consider him a self adoring
pontificating ass. For all his so-called foreign policy experience,
I'd like someone to show me one thing he's made a good call on.
ScottW
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Biden_...Iraq_1121.html
Here's another one:
http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_p...5/the-strange-
silence-on-biden-s-signature-accomplishment.aspx#comments
Biden's signature accomplishment in domestic policy: the Violence
Against Women's Act. And that's no small thing.
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VAWA changed all of that. It cracked down on interstate stalking, set
standards for the collection and use of evidence in abuse cases, and set
up a national domestic violence hotline. No less important, VAWA poured
money into local communities for the creation of new prevention and
treatment initiatives. In Detroit, according to Ellis, a VAWA grant
allowed local authorities to hire prosecutors, police officers. and
counselors specifically trained to deal with domestic violence. It also
paid for outreach programs into non-English speaking communities, where
many victims had no idea of their rights--or the resources now available
to them.
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Stephen