The Pentagon’s Battle Against Sexual Assault Rages On
TIME Magazine reports: The Pentagon kept running into bad sexual-assault news last week: the Army’s top sex-crimes prosecutor was suspended...
[VIDEO] CNN: Military rape survivor: Sen. McCaskill betrayed us
In case you missed it, Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member, Veteran, and Founder of Women Veterans Social Justice, BriGette...
Commander orders trial after rape case is reinvestigated
The Air Force Times reports: An airman whose sexual assault case was dismissed last September by former Third Air Force...
Associated Press: Judge weighs new evidence in Army sex assault case
The AP reports: The judge in the case against an Army general believed to be the highest-ranking U.S. military officer...
TIME: Senate Passes Bill Tightening Regs on Sexual Assault in the Military
Protect Our Defender President is featured in this article from TIME: The Senate passed landmark legislation overhauling how the Defense...
Claire McCaskill’s sexual assault bill passes
Politico reports: Sen. Claire McCaskill’s legislation to force changes in the military’s sexual assault policies passed the Senate on Monday...
Military sexual assault bill clears Senate: what it could mean for troops
The Christian Science Monitor reports: With a commanding 97-to-0 vote, the Senate passed major military sexual assault legislation Monday just...
Fight, Kirsten, fight
The New York Daily News reports: In turning thumbs down on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s push to reform how the military...
Military sexual assault bill clears Senate: what it could mean for troops
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from the Christian Science Monitor: Still, victims advocates say...
Survivors of military sex assaults frustrated with legislation
CNN reports: Prior to Senate approval of what has been called watered-down legislation that preserves the authority of military commanders...
Senators Rally Behind Military Sexual Assault Bill
The Associated Press reports: Senators rallied behind significant changes in military law to curb rape and sexual assault within the...
Editorial: The Senate misses the point on military rape
The Star-Ledger Editorial Board writes: This week, the U.S. Senate is expected to pass a bill to fight rape in...
Gillibrand lost vote, won points
The Times Union reports: Can’t win for losing? Oh yes she can. One thing’s for sure about Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s...
[VIDEO] CNN: Survivors of military sex assaults frustrated with legislation
Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member BriGette McCoy discusses sexual assault in the military with Jake Tapper on CNN’s The...
Politics at play in U.S. Army general’s sex crimes trial -judge
Reuters reports: A military judge found on Monday that politics had been unlawfully injected into the rare court-martial of a...
Senators Rally Behind Military Sexual Assault Bill
The Associated Press reports: Senators rallied behind significant changes in military law to curb rape and sexual assault within the...
Editorial: The Senate misses the point on military rape
The Star-Ledger Editorial Board writes: Some members of the Senate think that’s quite enough. But this measure, pushed by Sen....
Politics at play in U.S. Army general’s sex crimes trial -judge
Reuters reports: A military judge found on Monday that politics had been unlawfully injected into the rare court-martial of a...