STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders Responds to Filibuster Threats, Calls on Senate to Support Common Sense Legislation to Fight Epidemic of Sexual Assault in the Military
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 6, 2014
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PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS RESPONDS TO...
USA Today: Baucus’ replacement could boost Gillibrand’s military sex assault bill
USA Today reports: Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, who was confirmed by the Senate this afternoon as the new...
Politico: Military assault overhaul goes to wire
Politico reports: A yearlong battle to overhaul Pentagon sexual assault policy is headed down to the wire in a last...
Huffington Post: Claire McCaskill Vows To Filibuster Kirsten Gillibrand’s Military Sexual Assault Bill
Huffington Post’s Mike McAuliff reports: The battle over how best to address sexual assault in the military hit a heated...
Reuters: Senate plan to change U.S. military sex assault rules still short on votes
Reuters reports: The senator leading a push to overhaul how the U.S. military handles sexual assault complaints made an urgent...
Newsday: Gillibrand insists Senate will pass military justice bill next week
Newsday reports: New York’s Democratic junior Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has 53 senators publicly supporting her bill to fundamentally revamp the...
Roll Call: Gillibrand, McCaskill Resume Military Sexual-Assault Debate
Roll Call reports: Senators are gearing up for a pre-recess floor battle on how to best respond to sexual assault...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Protect Our Defenders to Join Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for Press Conference, Call on Senate to Support Common Sense Legislation to Fight Epidemic of Sexual Assault in the Military
Table of Contents Read Media Advisory (below) Read Statement by Paula Coughlin, Former Lieutenant, U.S. Navy, Member, Board of Directors,...
Maritime Executive Op-Ed: Combatting Sexual Assault in the Military
Denise Krepp, who testified at the Military Sexual Assault Crimes Response hearing on Capitol Hill on January 30, 2014 writes an...
Wall Street Journal: Military Makes Ethics a Priority
The Wall Street Journal reports: The military has been rocked in recent months by a wide-ranging Navy contracting scandal, involving...
Wall Street Journal: McCaskill’s Consistently Inconsistent Military Policy
The Wall Street Journal reports: Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York have been among the Senate’s...
National Journal: Gillibrand, Outside Group Push Back Against Military Sexual Assault Report
Protect Our Defenders President is featured in this article from the National Journal: The subcommittee, which has nine members, was...
U.S. News and World Report: Kirsten Gillibrand Slams Sexual Assault Panel’s Decision on Commander’s Role
U.S. News and World Report reports: Critics of the panel and advocates for victims’ rights have questioned the supposed transparency...
[VIDEO] Military Sexual Assault Crimes Response Part 1
Retired senior commanders from the various branches of the U.S. military testified before a federal advisory committee conducting an independent...
Stars and Stripes: Expert panel: Don’t strip commanders of courts-martial powers
Protect Our Defenders is featured in this article from Stars and Stripes: A prominent sexual assault victims’ advocacy group slammed...
PRESS RELEASE: Protect Our Defenders Calls on President Obama & Navy Judge Advocate to Protect Victim’s Confidential Communications
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2014
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PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS CALLS ON...
STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders Responds to Pentagon’s Sexual Assault Panel Findings
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2014
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Panel: Commanders should retain authority in sex assault cases
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from the Military Times: The sexual assault victims advocacy...
Al Jazeera America: Is the Army silencing those who intervene in questionable discharges?
Al Jazeera America reports: John Bettencourt, an infantry soldier who served two tours in Afghanistan, tested positive for marijuana at...
US News and World Report: Military Panel to Hold Public Meeting on Sexual Assault
US News and World Report reports: The general public will have 15 minutes to comment on sexual assaults in the...
New Republic: The Most Glaring Omission in Obama’s State of the Union Address
The New Republic reports: In a State of the Union address with a few glaring omissions—gun control and surveillance programs...
Washington Post: Pentagon investigations point to military system that promotes abusive leaders
The Washington Post reports: Air Force Maj. Gen. Stephen D. Schmidt was unquestionably among the latter in the view of...
Associated Press: CBS, CNN don’t appeal tape release in Academy sex assault case
The AP reports: CBS and CNN have let a 72-hour window lapse to appeal a military judge’s order releasing un-aired...
National Journal: Senate Will Debate Sexual-Assault Legislation by Mid-February
The National Journal reports: The Senate over the next month will tackle legislation dealing with sexual assault in the military,...
News Times: Blumenthal invites war hero to attends State of the Union
The News Times reports: Sandra Lee volunteered. She served — eight years, much of it in Iraq. She suffered —...
Reid: Senate will vote on military sexual assault bill
The Hill reports: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) listed several legislative items Monday that he said the Senate would...
North Country Public Radio: Gillibrand optimistic for reform in military sexual assault cases
North Country Public Radio reports: Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has been pushing hard to reform the way the military handles sexual...
[VIDEO] MSNBC: Sen. Kristen Gillibrand ‘hopeful’ for military sexual assault bill
MSNBC reports: Sen. Kristen GIllibrand, D-N.Y., talks with Patrick Murphy about her bill that targets military sexual assault by taking...
Washington Post: Military brass, behaving badly: Files detail a spate of misconduct dogging armed forces
The Washington Post reports: Brig. Gen. Bryan T. Roberts publicly warned his troops at Fort Jackson, S.C., last spring that...
Washington Post: U.S. Naval Academy superintendent faces questions over decision to try midshipman
The Washington Post reports: U.S. Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Michael H. Miller is scheduled to take the stand Friday...
Esquire: Where We Fail on Rape and Sexual Assault in the Military
Lt. Col. Robert Bateman is an infantryman, historian and prolific writer. Bateman was a Military Fellow at the Center for...
Las Vegas Review Journal: Nellis major pleads guilty to assault after inappropriately touching airman
The Las Vegas Review Journal reports: A military judge on Tuesday ordered a Nellis Air Force Base major to forfeit...
Las Vegas Review Journal: Tailhook victim criticizes ‘ludicrous’ sentence in Tuesday’s Nellis court-martial
Tailhook whistleblower and Protect Our Defenders Advisory Board Member Paula Coughlin is featured in this article from the Las Vegas...
STATEMENT: Victim’s Attorney Sets Record Straight on Naval Academy Case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 22, 2014 Contact: Brian Purchia, 202.253.(202) 253-4330, brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT *** Victim’s Attorney Sets Record Straight on Naval...
MSNBC: Obama admin: Freedom from sexual assault a basic human right
MSNBC reports: Obama last month gave military leaders a year to conduct a comprehensive review of the establishment’s sexual assault...
[VIDEO] State Senate bill would require Iowa Guard commanders to report sexual assaults
The Des Moines Register reports: Iowa National Guard commanders would be required to report incidents of sexual assault involving troops...
San Antonio Express-News: Airman told woman he thought she was raped
The San Antonio Express-News reports: An Air Force photographer told his alleged victim in a phone call monitored by investigators...
[VIDEO] Military Matters – High Volume Of Rape Cases
KCEN-TV reports: The sexual assault epidemic in the military is all but taking over its court system. According to the...
MSNBC: Gillibrand’s tireless fight against military sex assault
Tailhook whistleblower and Protect Our Defenders Advisory board member Paula Coughlin is featured in this MSNBC article: When Gillibrand excoriated...
Stars and Stripes: Do-over of rape investigation shows complexities of military sexual assault problem
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this Stars and Stripes article: “If that evidence is credible, then...
Associated Press: Naval Academy sexual assault case: Footage sought
The AP reports: Lawyers for CBS and CNN told a military judge on Tuesday that they shouldn’t have to turn...
Stars and Stripes: Hearing begins for airman whose case was removed from Franklin
Stars and Stripes reports: Against the objection of defense attorneys, the Air Force on Tuesday took another crack at prosecuting...
Think Progress: Spending Bill Increases Funding To Military Sexual Assault Programs
Think Progress reports: Within the bill, designed to flesh out the budget agreement between Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep....
Air Force Times: Congress seeks to improve military sex assault investigations
The Air Force Times reports: Lawmakers are taking fresh aim at the problem of sexual assault in the ranks, ordering...
National Journal: Kirsten Gillibrand Struggling in Her Fight Over Military Sexual Assault
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this National Journal article: Nancy Parrish, the president of Protect Our...
Baltimore Sun: Naval Academy drops sex assault charges against football player
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from the Baltimore Sun: Nancy J. Parrish, president of...
STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders Responds to US Academies’ Sexual Assault Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 10, 2014 Contact: Brian Purchia, , brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT *** PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS RESPONDS TO RELEASE...
Baltimore Sun: Naval Academy says increase in sex assault reports shows progress
Protect Our Defenders Nancy Parrish is featured in this Baltimore Sun article: The drop in reports at the academies runs...
Washington Post: Sexual-assault charges dropped against second former Navy football player
The Washington Post reports: Without those statements, Miller concluded, there were “no reasonable grounds to believe a crime of sexual...
Air Force Times: IG goes to Facebook to lament retirement of general who overturned sex assault conviction
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this Air Force Times article: Nancy Parrish, president of Protect Our...