Sen. Levin Joins With Pentagon To Fight Change In Sexual Assault Reporting

[Purveyor]

By Patricia Zengerle

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Wednesday released letters from Pentagon officials defending the military’s system for handling sexual assault cases, fending off a fellow Democratic senator’s plan for sweeping changes to deal with the rise in sexual assaults.

The letters released by Senator Carl Levin raised arguments against a plan from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand that would shift the decision on whether to pursue sexual assault cases to an independent military prosecutor from the victim’s commander.


Gillibrand’s plan was rejected by the Armed Services Committee last month but is now publicly supported by 43 members of the 100-member Senate.

Gillibrand will submit her plan to the full Senate as an amendment to the annual defense spending bill. She has said she is confident she will get at least the 51 votes it would need to pass.

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[DreamGypsy]

1. Pentagon leaders also strongly oppose Gillibrand’s plan, saying they fear it would weaken...

... the chain of command. Probably because many of the links in that chain are the perpetrators of the incidences of unwanted sexual contact, from groping to rape, which were up 37 percent in 2012 from 2011.

And, anyway, a 37% annual increase is hardly significant.

[WillyT]

2. Of Course He Does... Don't Mess With The Complex...

MIC... does not represent, nor truly protect me.



& Rec !!!

[msongs]

3. she's a woman (not the Beatles version) so she is an ignorant person meddling in guy stuff nt