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Bill on military sexual assaults can't break Senate filibuster

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/06/1282698/-Gillibrand-s-Military-Justice-Improvement-Act-blocked-in-Senate-vote

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/06/kirsten-gillibrand-s-sexual-assault-bill-snafu.html

Yes, it is needed: http://tinyurl.com/n3teoeh
The Army's top prosecutor for sexual assault cases was suspended