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Chiefs to make sure the u.s. military is doing all it can to respond to it. this is now a command priority but we clearly still have more to do to ensure all of our service members are safe from abuse. we reached out to secretary rumsfeld and are awaiting a response. what im curious about, why is it now a priority? i cant imagine many more serious things to happen in the life of the military than serious sexual abuse and rape against female members of the military and yet theyre only saying now ...

52%. so we are making headway. the fact is we arent where we should be. it is a matter of grave concern and we will keep working at it. >> and weve just received a statement from the pentagon which says sexual assault is a wider societal problem and secretary gates has been working with the service secretaries and chiefs to make sure the u.s. military is doing all it can to respond to it. this is now a command priority but we clearly still have more to do to ensure all of our service members are...

Prevent and respond to it. this is now a command priority, but we clearly still have more work to do in order to ensure all of our service members are safe from abuse." we also reached out for comment to former secretary rumsfeld and are awaiting his response. anu, i mean, theres a recognition there that mistakes have been made. what im curious about, why is it now a priority? i cant imagine many more serious things to happen in the life of the military than serious sexual abuse and rape against...

Specifics, people who did believe me and had my back and were supportive of me, were still telling me, dont tell anybody about this, dont go public. >> so now these women are part of a class action lawsuit filed bhi more than a dozen members of the u.s. military saying the defense department mishandled their claims and they want change. it even names defense secretaries robert gates and donald rumsfelds a defendants. listen to the numbers. last year more than 2,400 military women openly reported...

And thats why they filed the lawsuit? >> well, many of them actually do feel that theyre not taken seriously. one of the marine corps members, a young woman, said that even after she reported the rape, that she was forced to work alongside her accuser for months to come. that is a routine practice that many women report. they report being os tracizostr. they report being told no one will take them seriously. a lot of intimidation they say is going on. how widespread is this, 4,000 cases amongst ...

Lawsuit. >> dod has had decades to prove -- to fix the system and they have proven that they cant. they havent done anything to change it so far. the culture of intimidation prevails. >> reporter: last year more than 2,400 military women openly reported sexual assault and commanders were notified and investigations began. thats a 4% decline from the previous year, but there were nearly 900 additional assault reports filed confidentially by women so traumatized they want their identities kept sec...