[VIDEO] CBS News: Rep. Gabbard: “This is an issue that is a travesty and is really undermining our national security”

CBS News reports:

Gabbard, an Iraq war combat veteran, is strongly invested in legislation that addresses the proseuction of sexual assaults in the military. Earlier this year, she introduced the Military Justice Improvement Act in the House, the same bill introduced by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) in the Senate.

Gabbard, an Iraq war combat veteran and a captain in the Hawaii Army National Guard, backs Gillibrand’s stance that the decision to prosecute sexual assaults in the military must be taken out of commanders’ hands.

She insisted, “This is an issue that is a travesty and is really undermining our national security, when you look at it…Up until really recently, I don’t think any of us understood the depth and breadth of how bad this really is, and how we need to take action now.”