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AP: Most Military Sexual Assault Cases Go Unreported

Lolita C. Baldor and Donna Cassata report for The Associated Press:

Despite a slew of new oversight and assistance programs, troubling new numbers estimate that up to 26,000 military members may have been sexually assaulted last year, according to results of a survey.

Of those, fewer than 3,400 reported the incident, and nearly 800 of them simply sought help but declined to file complaints against their alleged attackers.

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