VIDEO MSNBC: New legislation aims to fix the military sexual assault crisis
Thomas Roberts reports for MSNBC on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member BriGette McCoy: Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and BriGette...
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AUDIO: Sexual Abuse Victim Compares Military Service to Being Trapped In ‘Domestic Violence Relationship’
Joyce Hackel reports for PRI on POD Advocacy Committee member Jennifer Norris: US military leaders were summoned to the White...
Stars and Stripes: White House, Congress bear down on military sexual assault
Leo Shane III reports for Stars and Stripes: Several of the lawmakers from the last White House meeting held a...
Stars and Stripes: Obama signs off on routine changes to court-martial manual
Stars and Stripes reports: President Obama on Wednesday signed off on several changes to the Manual for Courts-Martial, including a...
Miami Herald: Obama, lawmakers tackle military sexual assault
Michael Doyle reports for the Miami Herald: The nation’s highest military appeals court already is reviewing several cases handled by...
Protect Our Defenders Working Hard to End Sexual Assault Epidemic
The past few weeks Protect Our Defenders has been working around the clock to respond to the onslaught of developments...
ABC: Legislation Aims to Strengthen Prosecution of Sexual Assaults in Military
Arlette Saenz reports for ABC on POD Advocacy Committee member Jennifer Norris: “These are tears of hope,” Jennifer Norris, who...
MSNBC: ‘Enough is enough’: Bill overhauling military sexual assault response introduced
Meredith Clark reports for MSNBC on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee member Brian Lewis: Brian Lewis, a former Navy Petty...
USA Today: Obama says sexual assault crisis hurts national security
Tom Vanden Brook and David M. Jackson report for USA TODAY: “The issue of sexual assault in our armed forces...
US Military Sexual Assault Cases Should Be Handled Outside Command Structure
Dr Brooke Magnanti writes for The Telegraph: They’ve had decades since Tailhook to sort this out. The US Congress needs...
Martin Dempsey, Joint Chiefs Chairman, Cites ‘Crisis’ Over Military Sexual Assaults
Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor report for The Huffington Post: On Capitol Hill, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., planned to...
STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders Applauds Bipartisan Legislation to Reform Military Justice System
*Military sexual assault survivors and Protect Our Defenders President, Nancy Parrish are available for interviews. **If you would like remarks...
Salon: Military’s Rape Problem Hits Tipping Point for Reform
Irin Carmon reports for Salon on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Nancy Parrish, president of Protect Our Defenders, said...
Reuters: Obama To Meet With U.S. Military Leaders About Sexual Assault
Reuters reports: President Barack Obama will meet with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and other leaders of the U.S. military on...
Politico: Sexual Assault Scandal Becomes a Pentagon Test
Juana Summers, Stephanie Gaskell and Darren Samuelsohn report for Politico: “There’s been 25 years of scandal, of self-investigation by military...
THURSDAY: Lawmakers Joined By Service Members Victimized By Sexual Assault To Announce Bicameral Legislation Reforming Military Justice System
MEDIA ADVISORY Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Contact: Bethany Lesser (202) 224-3873 GILLIBRAND, COLLINS, BOXER, JOHANNS, BENISHEK, GABBARD, BEGICH, BLUMENTHAL, COONS, FRANKEN,...
Accused Sergeant Said to Get Soldier to Work as a Prostitute
Gopal Ratnam and David Lerman report for Bloomberg Businessweek: “These latest allegations of criminal behavior by yet another sexual-assault prevention...
MSNBC: Military Sexual Assault Epidemic Grows Despite Promises and Proposals
Meredith Clark reports for MSNBC: Nancy Parrish, president of Protect Our Defenders, also pointed to a need for large scale...
Reid Not Ready to Support Legislation to Crack Down on Sexual Assault in the Military
Jeremy Herb reports for The Hill on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “We are encouraged by Senator Reid’s remarks,”...
Sen. Gillibrand Leads Charge to Change Pentagon Sex-Assault Policy
Jeremy Herb reports for The Hill: Gillibrand’s bill would remove the decision to prosecute military crimes with a sentence of...