Nation: House Committee Still Sidestepping Hearing on Air Force Sex Scandal
The Nation reports on Lackland and the Protect Our Defenders petition for a Congressional investigation: …the advocacy group Protect Our...
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Bloomberg: Sexual Assaults Plague Military After Decades of Reform
David Lerman reports on Paula Puopolo, Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board member Jennifer Norris and Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier:...
San Antonio Express-News: Lackland Sex Scandal to be Subject of Briefing
The San Antonio Express-News reports on Protect Our Defenders: Protect Our Defenders, a human rights group that advocates for military...
Editorial: An Inadequate Sentence in Air Force Sex Assault Case
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Editorial Board writes: How can this continue? Is this Jerry Sandusky raping little boys and Joe...
Sen. Cornyn Blocks White House Nominee for Air Force Chief
Carlo Muñoz and Jeremy Herb for The Hill report: “My hold on General Welsh will remain until I feel the...
Houston Chronicle: Women Targeted in Lackland Sex Cases Rises to 38
Sig Christenson in the Houston Chronicle reports on Protect Our Defenders: “We’ve always known this is just the tip of...
Statement: Protect Our Defenders on Air Force Announcement of More Victims at Lackland
Protect Our Defenders Statement on Air Force Announcement of More Victims At Lackland: Our hearts and prayers go out to...
How Many More Military Rapes Before Rep. Buck McKeon Investigates Lackland?
Nancy Parrish, Protect Our Defenders President, writes in the Huffington Post: …According to media reports on June 29, Gen. Rice...
Sex Assaults Taint Military
Saba Hamedy for the Worcester Telegram reports on the STOP Act: Late last month, U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., wrote...
Long Road Back, Veterans Ride for Healing and Help
Bill Buley for the Coeur d’Alene Press reports on Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Board member Colleen Bushnell: Colleen Bushnell…served in...
Lackland Rape Report Took Month to Reach Top
Sig Christenson and Karisa King report for the San Antonio Express-News on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Word that...
Statement: House Armed Services Committee Announces Closed-Door Briefing On Lackland Sexual Abuse Scandal
Protect Our Defenders Statement on the HASC Announcement of a Closed-Door Briefing on the Lackland Sexual Abuse Scandal: “This is...
The Nation: Lackland Instructor Convicted for Sex Crimes, As Pressure on Congress Mounts
Soumya Karlamangla in The Nation reports about Protect Our Defenders: On Tuesday, a human rights group launched a Twitter campaign...
Huffington Post: It’s Time for Congress to Act on Sexual Assaults in the Military
Nancy Parrish, Protect Our Defenders President, writes in the Huffington Post: Seventy-eight members of Congress, along with Paula, are asking...
Press Release: More than 7,000 Advocates Demand Rep. Buck McKeon Open Investigation About Lackland Sexual Abuse
Protect Our Defenders Press Release: Today, Protect Our Defenders announced that more than 7,000 people have signed an online petition...
ABC News: Air Force “Not Doing Enough” to Stop Sex Abuse
Julie Percha for ABC News reports “What we have been doing is not working,” said Gen. Mark Welsh III, in...
San Francisco Chronicle: Can the Military Solve Its Rape Problem?
San Francisco Chronicle Editorial Board reports: Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Hillsborough, asked today on the House floor, “Apparently we have a...
The Nation: Why Won’t Congress Investigate the Sex Abuse Scandal at Lackland Air Force Base?
Soumya Karlamangla reports in The Nation about Protect Our Defedenders: “When [the Department of Defense’s] leadership clearly fails to solve...
Huffington Post: Veteran Bikes to End Epidemic of Military Sexual Assault
Nancy Parrish, Protect Our Defenders President, writes in the Huffington Post: On Sunday, Ret. USAF Staff Sgt. Colleen Bushnell began...
NBC Nightly News: Air Force Sexual Abuse Trial Gets Underway
Brian Williams and Jim Miklaszewski report on sexual assault in the military, with Protect Our Defedenders Advocacy Board member Jen...