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Chief of Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention Unit Charged with Sexual Assault

Noel Brinkerhoff and Danny Biederman report AllGov.com:

At the Tuesday Senate hearing, Gen. Welsh dismissed a suggestion by Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D-New York) that these cases be handled outside of the military chain of command. Given victims’ well-justified fear of reprisals for reporting assaults, Sen. Gillibrand countered, “Could you surmise that it may well be that the victim has no faith in the chain of command on this issue?”

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