TIME: Senate to Vote on Competing Military Sexual Assault Bills Mar 05 2014 TIME Magazine reports: The Senate will hold dueling votes today on measures from Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Claire McCaskill that...
General admits guilt on 3 counts; denies assault Mar 05 2014 The Associated Press reports: In his immaculate blue dress uniform, Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair stood ramrod straight before a...
Gillibrand Reacts to Air Force Rape Case First Reported by The Daily Beast Mar 05 2014 The Daily Beast reports: The story of Airman Jane Neubauer, who was allegedly raped and then hung out to dry...
Senate votes set on sex assault bills Mar 05 2014 Politico reports: The Senate will hold two long-awaited votes Thursday on military sexual assaults, ending a chapter in the yearlong...
Can Senators Get 60 Votes to Stop Sexual Assaults in the Military? Mar 05 2014 The Daily Beast reports: Two powerful women senators, Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand, both Democrats, took the lead on one...
Los Angeles Times: Judge refuses to dismiss sexual assault charges against general Mar 05 2014 The Los Angeles Times reports: A military judge refused Tuesday to dismiss sexual assault charges against a one-star general, rejecting...
***Trigger Warning*** Spies, Lies, and Rape in the Air Force: An Undercover Agent’s Story Mar 04 2014 The Daily Beast reports: On the night of July 26, 2013, Airman First Class Jane Neubauer was on a beach...
Study: High suicide rates for soldiers in, out of war Mar 03 2014 USA Today reports: Suicide rates soared among soldiers who went to war in Iraq and Afghanistan and those who never...
System also on trial at Brig. Gen. Jeff Sinclair’s court-martial Mar 02 2014 The Fayetteville Observer reports: Two issues go on trial Tuesday at the same time, in the same courtroom, at Fort...
Marine sex-assault prosecutor accused of touching woman inappropriately Mar 02 2014 The Marine Corps Times reports: The former head of a Marine Corps legal team tasked with prosecuting sex assault cases...
Military Sex Assault Trial Showcases 2 Approaches to Prosecution Mar 02 2014 The New York Times reports: As one major battle over sexual assault in the military plays out in North Carolina...
Federal military sex crime bill will pass, says Sen. Gillibrand Mar 02 2014 The New York Daily News reports: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who has led efforts in Congress to address military sexual crimes,...
Gillibrand confident on sexual assault bill despite opposition Mar 02 2014 Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) responds to Secretary Hagel’s comments on CBS’s Face the Nation regarding commander responsibility. The New...
Hagel: “More responsibility, not less” for commanders in military sexual assault cases Mar 02 2014 Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel appeared on CBS News’ Face the Nation:
CBS’s Face the Nation: Gillibrand predicts passage of military sexual assault amendment Mar 02 2014 Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., argues her case for taking the decision to prosecute sexual assault crimes in the military out...
[VIDEO] Sec. Hagel on CBS News Face The Nation re: sexual assault epidemic: “I don’t know what’s going on” Mar 02 2014 CBS News’ Face the Nation sits down with the Defense Secretary: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel discusses the rising number of...
Reports of sexual assault in the military climbed in FY 2013 Feb 28 2014 Stars and Stripes reports: About 5,400 instances of sexual assault or “unwanted sexual contact” were reported within the U.S. military...
STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders Calls for Complete Overhaul of Tracking System for Criminals and Sexual Predators in the Armed Forces Feb 27 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2014 Contact: Brian Purchia, 202.253.(202) 253-4330, brian@protectourdefenders.com *** STATEMENT *** Protect Our Defenders Calls For...
Sexual assaults: Army removing 588 soldiers from ‘positions of trust’ Feb 27 2014 The Christian Science Monitor reports: In the wake of a review ordered by the Defense secretary to help bring down...
“Every time I tried to tell the truth…I was shut down” Feb 26 2014 MSNBC reports: Last year, a Pentagon report estimated that there were approximately 26,000 instances of unwanted sexual contact in fiscal...