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<title>Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Sergeant Charles Martland, a decorated member of the Special Forces, should be reinstated in the United States Army.</title>
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<action-date>2015-09-30</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: </p> <ul> <li>members of the U.S. Armed Forces should not be punished for standing up to child rapists, </li> <li>putting the interests of Afghan rapists ahead of American war heroes is a national disgrace, </li> <li>the Americans who should be punished are those who created the policy that encourages members of the Armed Forces to ignore child rape, and </li> <li>the Department of Defense should order Sergeant First Class Charles Martland's reinstatement in the Army.</li></ul>]]></summary-text>
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