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Huffington Post: The Voices of the Victims of Sexual Assault In The Military Must Be Heard

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand writes in the Huffington Post:

For the victims of sexual assault in the military, and all those who want to finally see real transformational change made within the broken military justice system, it was extremely disappointing when The Military Justice Improvement Act (MJIA), our bipartisan legislation to achieve this goal, was removed from the annual Defense Bill last month by the Senate Armed Services Committee. Our legislation creating an independent and objective military justice system is not only common sense, it is what all the victims have told us is required to end this crisis.

Read the full article here.