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STATEMENT SURVIVOR WHO HEIGHTENED FOCUS ON MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT IN VIRAL TIKTOK VIDEO RELEASES OFFICIAL STATEMENT

Feb 24 2021

Washington, DC – Last Friday, a TikTok video in which a distraught Marine expresses her grief after finding out the servicemember who sexually assaulted her...

STATEMENT NEW RAND REPORT FINDS ODDS OF LEAVING THE MILITARY DOUBLE AFTER SEXUAL ASSAULT

Feb 09 2021

Washington, DC – The Rand Corporation has released a new report that found sexual assaults and harassment in a single year were associated with...

Speier, Wexton Urge Tighter Security Clearance Protocols to Screen for Ties to White Supremacist Groups

Feb 09 2021

Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Representatives Jackie Speier (D-CA) and Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence...

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