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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expressed his commitment to tackling sexual assault and harassment in the military on Thursday but refused to take a position on removing prosecution decisions from the chain of command until the work of an independent commission is complete in two months.
Mark Milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, said some 20,000 service members were sexually assaulted last year, about 1% of the force, according to one survey. Currently, commanders decide if there is enough evidence to send a case to trial, or a court-martial in the military justice system. Legislation introduced by New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand calls for the authority to prosecute serious crimes to be taken away from military commanders and given to military lawyers. An independent review commission on sexual assault and hara
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HASC leaders call for drawdown of National Guard troops at Capitol
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Members of the National Guard look out from the balcony of U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy D-VT s office while he gave them a tour at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI | License Photo
March 11 (UPI) The top ranking members of the House Armed Services Committee asked the Pentagon Thursday to rethink its plan to extend the National Guard presence at the U.S. Capitol.
Representatives Adam Smith, D-Wash., and Mike Rogers, R-Ala., issued a joint statement Thursday calling for a drawdown of National Guard troops in the area.