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U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta at a press conference on Sept. 27, 2012 (Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/06/military-sexual-assault-defense-department_n_1834196.html
Military Sexual Assault Epidemic Continues To Claim Victims As Defense Department Fails Females
Molly O'Toole
Posted: 10/06/2012 9:36 am EDT
Rape is endemic to women in the military. I have NO idea why military 'leaders' have ignored rape in the ranks for so many years. But then again during the dubya years waivers for folks with criminal offenses were flowing as was the money. Remember military gangs in Germany in the mid-2000s?
And our mothers and daughters continue to be assaulted in the military. And the DoD wrings its hands and does little, if anything to stop it.
Read the story to find out where we are in 2012. It ain't pretty.
