Roll Call: Female Senators Debate Military Sexual Assault in Private Meeting
Roll Call reports:
Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md., called a closed-door meeting of female senators Tuesday to discuss provisions included in the defense authorization bill markup to mitigate sexual assault in the military as well as other measures that still could be considered in the full Senate debate later this year.
The bipartisan meeting was informational and designed to ensure all female members were briefed with the progress made in order to boost their power in a debate that has grown in recent weeks, according to several senators who attended.
As we’ve previously reported, women on the Armed Services Committee have helped guide the discussion on the issue of sexual misconduct in the military, though they are divided on the question of whether the prosecution of sexual misconduct should be removed from the chain of command.
