Gillibrand Calls on Obama to Back Military Sexual-Assault Bill
Bloomberg Businessweek reports: New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said she will keep pressuring President Barack Obama to support her proposal...
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Kirsten Gillibrand Wants Meeting With Obama To Revive Military Sexual Assault Bill
The Huffington Post reports: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who spearheaded a ferocious, ultimately unsuccessful public fight to revamp how sexual...
San Antonio Express-News wins national reporting award for ‘Twice Betrayed’ series
A big congratulations to the San Antonio Express-News: The San Antonio Express-News won the American Bar Association’s 2014 Silver Gavel...
House of Cards Boss Beau Willimon Answers Vulture Readers’ Questions
Vulture interviews House of Cards creator Beau Willimon who discusses his inspiration behind the series’ military sexual assault storyline: We...
Female veterans, service members not seeking needed services
The Bangor Daily News reports: Maine — If you’ve served in the military, that makes you a veteran, right? Right,...
Stop tolerating rape
An op-ed from the Baltimore Sun: At every Washington Capitals home game, hockey fans at the Verizon Center — including...
Blog Post: Elected Leaders Stand With Victims, Progress Made Towards Fundamental Reform
Last week, the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) voted to adopt three military sexual assault reform provisions proposed by Protect...
[VIDEO] Paula Coughlin on Al Jazeera America
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Bill pushes military on sexual assault prosecution
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports: California appears poised to pass first-in-the-nation legislation that would require the National Guard to turn...
STATEMENT: House Armed Services Committee Almost Passes Amendment to Remove Prosecution of Sexual Assaults from Chain of Command, Adopts Additional Provisions Proposed by Protect Our Defenders
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2014 Contact: Brian Purchia, Brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT *** HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE ALMOST PASSES AMENDMENT...
[VIDEO] Local veteran speaks out about military sexual assault
KAIT-TV reports: Sexual assaults in the U.S. military are up by 50 percent from the 2012 to 2013 fiscal year,...
‘Clear threat’: Reports of military sexual assault leap 50 percent
The Deseret News reports: The report was released on the heels of a Pentagon campaign to get victims to come...
House Panel Backs Pentagon On Military Sexual Assault Cases
The Associated Press reports: The Pentagon posted a narrow win Wednesday as a House panel endorsed leaving the authority to...
Blog Post: Protect Our Defenders Responds to Reporter Annys Shin’s Portrayal of Alleged Sex Offenders
The Naval Academy Case was “heartbreaking,” “devastat[ing],” “the toughest six months of my life.” Reading these words, one would think...
[VIDEO] Military Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, Panel 3
From C-SPAN: Members of the Defense Department’s Response Systems to Adult Sexual Assault Crimes Panel reviewed the findings of their...
San Jose Mercury News editorial: Rape in military has a better solution
The San Jose Mercury News Editorial Board writes: The spike in reports of sexual assaults in the military has the...
Pentagon pressured to show progress on assaults
Politico reports: After a year of skirmishing on Capitol Hill, the intense debate on military sexual assaults is about to...
Sexual assault in the military: What happens when the victim is a man?
The Christian Science Monitor reports: When Staff Sgt. Noah Lubben was assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command, he enjoyed...
Military Sexual Assault Victims May Get Amnesty for Minor Crimes
US News and World Report writes: Imagine you’re a 20-year-old member of the armed forces who has just endured the...
Hagel orders DOD-wide alcohol review after sex assault report
Stars and Stripes reports: The Pentagon is targeting alcohol consumption in its battle to curb sexual assaults in the military....