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Hagel to exempt DOD sex assault prevention workers from furloughs
www.politico.com-May 22, 2013
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is exempting around 500 civilian sexual assault prevention personnel from this year’s mandatory furloughs, a senior defense official told POLITICO, in a bid to show the Pentagon is serious about cracking down on sexual assault in the ranks.
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Army general suspended over adultery allegations
www.usatoday.com-May 22, 2013
The Army announced Tuesday that it has suspended the top general at Fort Jackson in South Carolina over allegations of assault and adultery, the latest in a string of sex scandals to rock the military.
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Obama deplores sex crimes in military, says there’s ‘no silver bullet’
www.washingtonpost.com-May 17, 2013
President Obama summoned the Pentagon’s leadership to the White House on Thursday for a crisis meeting about sexual assault in the armed forces, but the commander in chief said that “there’s no silver bullet to solving this problem.”
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Obama Tells Pentagon Leaders Sexual Assault Is ‘Shameful’
www.nytimes.com-May 17, 2013
With arrests in the military continuing to shadow its program to combat sexual harassment, President Obama summoned the Pentagon’s senior leaders to the White House on Thursday, telling them that the levels of sexual assault across the armed services were a disgrace that undermined the trust essential for the military to carry out its mission effectively.
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Some in Congress want changes in military law as a result of sex scandals
www.washingtonpost.com-May 16, 2013
Members of Congress said they are so angry about the crescendo of sex-crime scandals in the armed forces that they are considering fundamental changes to military law and other measures that the Pentagon has resisted for years.
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Multiple Proposals on Assault in Military, but Also Disagreement
www.nytimes.com-May 16, 2013
President Obama, military officials and lawmakers on Capitol Hill are in broad agreement that the sexual assault problem in the military has reached a level of severity that can no longer be tolerated. But that is far different from concurring on how it should be fixed.
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Hagel orders retraining of sex-assault prevention officers; Army sergeant investigated
www.washingtonpost.com-May 15, 2013
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday evening ordered the armed services to immediately “re-train, re-credential and re-screen” tens of thousands of military recruiters and sexual-assault prevention officers as the revelation of another sex-crime scandal rocked the Pentagon.
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Sexism must be treated like racism, top officer says
www.usatoday.com-May 15, 2013
The Pentagon's sexual assault crisis will be solved only when troops treat sexist remarks with the same disdain as racial slurs, the officer in charge of preventing the crime told USA TODAY Tuesday.
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US Army generals ordered to testify in sex case
http://news.yahoo.com-May 15, 2013
A military judge on Tuesday ordered two U.S. Army generals to testify about whether they were pressured by superiors to charge another general with the sexual assault of a female captain.
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Pentagon grapples with sex crimes by military recruiters
www.washingtonpost.com-May 13, 2013
Military recruiters across the country have been caught in a string of sex-crime scandals over the past year, exposing another long-standing problem for the Defense Department as it grapples with a crisis of sexual assault in the ranks.
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