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Bloomberg Businessweek: Pentagon Readies Sexual-Assault Rules Ahead of Congress Acting

Protect Our Defenders’ executive director in Bloomberg Businessweek: Taryn Meeks, executive director of Protect Our Defenders, an advocacy group backing...

San Antonio Express-News Commentary: Gillibrand fights for military justice reform

Hearst Washington Bureau Chief writes in San Antonio Express-News: In May, she introduced landmark legislation to transfer the decision-making on...

Capital New York: Gillibrand predicts a majority, and maybe 60, for her military reform bill

Capital New York reports: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said any new rules being drafted by the Defense Department to cover sexual...

[VIDEO] Politico: Darren Samuelsohn on military sexual assault issue

Politico reports: For more, go here.

STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders says Pentagon’s proposed changes still fall short

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 8, 2013 PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS SAYS PENTAGON’S PROPOSED CHANGES STILL FALL SHORT OF FUNDAMENTAL REFORM Washington...

Politico: President Obama MIA on military sexual assault?

Politico reports: Obama could argue he’s still done more to stamp out sexual assault in the military than any other...

Salon: Military sexual assault victims accuse Bob Filner of harassment

Salon reports: Eldonna Fernandez told CNN that she met Filner at a National Women’s Veterans Association of America “Healing and...

New York Times: Pentagon Finishing Rules To Curb Sexual Assaults

The New York Times reports: The initiatives come amid a growing national awareness of sexual assault in the military. Critics,...

[VIDEO] MSNBC: ‘This message is coming from the top’: Sexual assault undermines the military

MSNBC reports: “I want you to hear it directly from me, the Commander-in -Chief,” Obama said, as the room grew...

Politico: Obama: Sexual assault ‘undermines’ the military

Politico reports: President Obama decried military sexual assaults on Wednesday, using his first public remarks on the issue in months...

Navy Times: Navy, Coast Guard to offer legal advisers for sex assault victims

Navy Times reports: The Navy is establishing a program to provide additional support and legal counsel to to victims of...

[VIDEO] MSNBC: Military catches flak for poster that warns of sexual assaults

MSNBC reports: “There are no posters out there that say don’t rape, don’t assault, don’t harass. That’s the kind of...

[VIDEO] CNN: Did San Diego mayor target victims of military sexual assault?

CNN reports: The women, like Fernandez, say the former chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee used his significant power...

Politico: Decades behind: Sexual assault unchecked as Defense Department ducks reform

Politico reports: The case is just one example of what the Pentagon’s own reports have concluded on sex crimes in...

[VIDEO] PBS Newshour: Defense Official: Sexual Assaults in Military ‘an Enemy That Must Be Defeated

PBS Newshour reports: For more, go here.

Waco Tribune-Herald: John Cornyn, guest columnist: One solution to sexual assaults in the military

Waco Tribune-Herald reports: When it comes to crimes of sexual assault, the military justice system is failing. It has lost...

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