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Sen. Gillibrand: Ending the Epidemic of Sexual Assault in the Military

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand writes for PolicyMic:

As Sexual Assault Awareness month comes to a close, we must commit ourselves not just to a zero tolerance policy, but we need to get to a point of zero occurrence. We owe it to the men and women who bravely join the military. While they join knowing the risks involved in serving, sexual assault at the hand of one of their peers should not be one of them.

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