A shocking new report by the Pentagon has found that 70 sexual assaults
may be taking place within the U.S. military every day. The report
estimates there were 26,000 instances of sexualized violence [my edit] committed in 2012, a jump of 37
percent since 2010. Most of the incidents were never reported. The
findings were released two days after the head of the Air Force’s sexual
assault prevention unit, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski, was arrested for
sexual assault. We air highlights from Tuesday’s Senate Armed Services
Committee hearing on military sexual assault and speak with Anu
Bhagwati, executive director and co-founder of Service Women’s Action
Network. "The numbers are outrageous, and I think we’ve reached a
tipping point," Bhagwati says. "The American public is furious."
Read on/ watch here.
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