Dallas Morning News: Editorial: A stronger plan to curb sexual assaults in the military
An editorial from the Dallas Morning News calls on the Senate to pass Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s Military Justice Improvement Act:
Intense lobbying from the Pentagon backs the McCaskill-Levin effort. It remains to be seen how influential Reid’s support for Gillibrand’s proposal will be.
The bottom line for this newspaper: The U.S. military has a sexual assault problem, and potential victims — mostly women but some men — must believe that their coming forward will receive the serious, impartial attention it deserves. Half measures and promises to study the matter no longer suffice.
Sexual assault is an allegation not to be taken lightly. In many cases, complainants put their careers, or more, on the line. They deserve nothing less than even-handed treatment, and that’s what the Gillibrand proposal provides.
