Rep. Jackie Speier: Assaults in Armed Forces Must Stop Immediately

Protect Our Defenders Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier writes for the New York Daily News:

Women, and men, join the service with a sense of honor and duty, but not to become victims of military sexual trauma. In 2011, the Pentagon argued in civilian court that rape and sexual assault are just “occupational hazards” of joining the military. In what civilian career would rape be an acceptable hazard of the job?

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