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 president, even raising the issue in front of military audiences.
“No military unit can succeed without discipline, without trust and without cohesion,” Obama told Marines at Camp Pendleton on Wednesday. “And that’s why we’re going to work together, all of us, to stop these crimes of sexual assault and uphold the honor and the integrity that defines the finest military on Earth. And that message is coming all the way from the top.”
But there’s little reason to think Obama will go beyond generic calls for change to take a clear stand on what he believes a serious overhaul should look like, even as the Senate debates competing proposals to tackle the very issue.
Members of his party aren’t expecting him to dive in since it would almost certainly cost Obama with military brass who have resisted significant changes for 25 years.
