Minnesota delegation pushes Army to clarify new rules on sexual assault victim rights
The Star-Tribune reports:
Minnesota’s eight House members and both senators collectively urged the Army Tuesday to clarify a new directive expanding legal services to victims of sexual assault in the National Guard.
The Army recently released new rules expanding important legal services to certain victims of military sexual assault, but the rules don’t cover National Guard members who become victims of sexual assault outside drill weekends or military duties.
Minnesota’s ten members of Congress say the directive will undermine the Minnesota National Guard’s ability to “effectively provide support services to survivors of sexual assaults,” according to a release.
