Women Lawmakers Call for Tough Measures to Combat Sex Abuse in US Military

Jim Forsyth reports for Reuters on Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Jackie Speier:

The lawmakers are calling for stricter abuse reporting requirements, embedding sexual abuse counselors into the ranks of trainees and teaching instructors that it is their duty to prevent abuse. Speier said she will consider introducing a measure to make it a crime for a military supervisor to know about sexual abuse and not to report it.

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