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From All In:
A look at sexual assaults in the military in 2012.
“When an institution is failing to live up to the most basic expectations to protect its own members, to adhere to the rule of law, and to impose punishment and accountability on those who violate it, then there is a deep, institutional problem at hand.”
-Chris Hayes, on the barriers to progress in combating sexual assault in the military
“Our service members need real, institutional changes that allow victims to report crimes without fear of retaliation or humiliation. They need a cultural shift that puts blame on the assaulters—and sets out real, immutable consequences determined outside the chain of command.”
-Melissa Harris-Perry, in her “Open Letter” to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel.
From Andrea Mitchell Reports:
For the first time in nearly a decade, Congress convened a hearing on sexual assaults in the military—an epidemic that’s estimated to affect as many as 19,000 service members annually, according to a recent Pentagon report.
(Photo credit: Carolyn Kaster/AP)
“When I was in Congress, I fought to end the discriminatory Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy restricting gays from openly serving in the military. As I said time and again: you either believe in equality or you don’t. So as a Congressman, I didn’t see ending DADT as a tough choice. In fact, I didn’t see it as a choice at all–I saw it as a moral obligation.”
- Patrick Murphy, How DOMA hurts our military families
“Rape and sexual violence still happen at astonishing rates in our armed forces. Fixing the way sexual violence is reported is necessary, of course, and more effective reporting, prosecution, and punishment will hopefully discourage sexual predators. But we’d all rather see the root causes of that violence eliminated altogether.”
From NOW with Alex Wagner:
Did you know that over the past decade, only one half of one percent of the American public has been on active military duty?
