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STATEMENT PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS PRESIDENT COL DON CHRISTENSEN (RET.) CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT PROSECUTION OF MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES

Mar 06 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6, 2019 Washington, D.C. — Today, the United States Senate Armed Services Committee (watch live here)...

Remarks from Protect Our Defenders President Don Christensen at US Senate Committee on Armed Services Hearing on Military Services’ Prevention of and Response to Sexual Assault

Mar 06 2019

Today, the US Senate Committee on Armed Services held a hearing to receive testimony on the Military Services’ prevention of...

Sexual Misconduct Has Reached ‘Crisis’ Point at U.S. Military Academies, Lawmaker Says

Feb 13 2019

The survey estimated 747 cadets and midshipmen experienced such contact or harassment during the 2017-18 academic year, compared to 507...

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