Bloomberg Businessweek: Gillibrand Vows to Pursue Military Sexual-Assault Legislation
Protect Our Defenders is featured in this Bloomberg Businessweek article:
“Congress has chosen to sidestep the most important military justice reform to come across its desk in history, once again leaving sexual assault victims devastated and betrayed by inaction,” said Anu Bhagwati, executive director of the Service Women’s Action Network and a former Marine Corps captain, whose group supports Gillibrand.
The group’s policy director, Greg Jacob, a former Marine, said in an e-mailed statement that the compromise defense measure contains more than 30 provisions that aid victims of rape and other sexual assault in the military.
Brian Purchia, a spokesman for Protect Our Defenders, a policy group, said in an e-mailed statement, “Congress has again failed to address the fundamental issue fueling the crisis — the often biased chain of command.”
