Army General Reaches Deal On Sex Counts
The New York Times reports: The senior Army officer prosecuted in the military’s most closely watched sexual assault case, Brig....
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Clinton Ally Knocks Claire McCaskill Over Sexual Assault Bill
BuzzFeed reports: At a fundraiser for female senators and candidates on Friday, Susie Tompkins Buell paused to say a few...
Judge, not jury, to decide Naval Academy sexual assault case
The Washington Post reports: The judge presiding over the sexual assault trial of a former Navy football player sent the...
Hagel meets with brass on sexual assault review
USA Today reports: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel met Friday with leaders of the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps...
Hagel to meet with brass Friday on sex assault review
USA Today reports: Leaders from each of the armed services will brief Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday on the...
Gillibrand: Sexual assaults and American betrayal
In an op-ed for the New York Daily News, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) writes: Last week, we saw something we...
Jury selection to begin Friday in Naval Academy sexual assault trial
The Washington Post reports: Jury selection is scheduled to begin Friday in the trial of a former U.S. Naval Academy...
Editorial: Congress pushes military on sex assaults
The Fayetteville Observer Editorial Board writes: Just as testimony began in the sexual-assault court martial of Brig. Gen. Jeff Sinclair last...
[VIDEO] Congresswoman Speier urges directive to re-screen soldiers in positions of trust
Congresswoman Speier shared the story of a 17-year-old girl who alleged she was sexually assaulted by a Marine Corps recruiter...
How a Military Sexual Assault Case Foundered
The New York Times reports: The most important sexual assault prosecution in the military came apart on Monday. But cracks...
Why Gillibrand bill faces midterm danger
Protect Our Defenders Communications Director Brian Purchia is featured in this article from The Hill: Gillibrand’s backers say she will...
Gillibrand should keep up the pressure to end sexual assaults in the military
The Buffalo News reports: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has proved a number of things in her important and honorable battle to...
Stars and Stripes: 151 Navy personnel disqualified from positions of trust
Stars and Stripes reports: The Navy disqualified 151 sailors and civilians last year from positions of trust following a service-led...
Opinion – Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO): Combating sexual assaults in the military
Congressman Mike Coffman (R-CO) writes an op-ed: For example, in 1972, when I joined the U.S. Army, I found an...
Navy disqualifies 151 sailors after sex assault review
USA Today reports: The Navy has disqualified 151 sailors serving as sexual assault counselors, instructors and recruiters — up from...
Tumult over military sexual assaults far from over
The Associated Press reports: The turmoil over how to end an epidemic of sexual assaults in the U.S. military is...
General Sinclair, Sexual Assault and Military Justice
Bloomberg View reports: Brigadier General Jeffrey A. Sinclair’s trial on sexual assault charges began the day after the Senate blocked...
Army Judge Halts Sexual Assault Case, Citing Political Influence
TIME Magazine writes: The prosecution of one of the highest-ranking officers ever charged with the crime hits the brakes as...
Editorial: Has justice prevailed?
The Watertown Daily Times Editorial Board writes: It’s not likely that U.S. Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand, D-N.Y., has made many...
The Pentagon’s Battle Against Sexual Assault Rages On
TIME Magazine reports: The Pentagon kept running into bad sexual-assault news last week: the Army’s top sex-crimes prosecutor was suspended...