February 16, 2011
Alan Scher Zagier
Associated Press
February 16, 2011
The Army is aggressively investigating sexual assault complaints, the commanding general at Fort Leonard Wood said Wednesday — a day after more than a dozen U.S. veterans filed a lawsuit accusing the Pentagon of failing to take their complaints of sexual abuse by older soldiers seriously.
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February 15, 2011
We will be posting media reports responding to the class action suit as they become available.
The Today Show
February 15, 2011
Veterans Say Rape Cases Mishandled APNewsBreak, February 15, 2011
Lawsuit Claims Pentagon Turned Blind Eye To Military Rape Victims Ronald S. Martin Blog, February 15, 2011
Military Rape Cases Mishandled, Veterans Say CBS News, February 15, 2011
Gates, Rumsfeld Sued Over U.S. Military’s Rape Epidemic The Daily Beast, February 15, 2011
Veterans Say Pentagon Mishandled Rape Cases Salon.com, February 15, 2011
The Alyona Show
February 15, 2011
SWAN, ACLU and Yale University
US Veterans say Military Fails in Rape Claim Inquiries BBC News, February 15, 2011
May 25, 2010
The Associated Press
May 25, 2010
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For additional information on this issue, please refer to the following reports:
Brown Says No to Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask’ Boston Globe, May 26, 2010
Editorial: ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Compromise Good, But Not Good Enough Los Angeles Times, May 26, 2010
Rep. Murphy: Dems Have The Votes For DADT Repeal TPM, May 25, 2010
The Text of Lieberman’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal The Washington Independent, May 25, 2010
White House Green-lights DADT Repeal The Advocate, May 24, 2010
The Rachel Maddow Show – MSNBC, May 24, 2010
May 13, 2010
Eric Talmadge
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AP)
May 13, 2010
It is possibly the most controversial U.S. military facility in the world after the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Local residents like to call it the world’s most dangerous base. An impasse over its future could bring down the government of a key U.S. ally.
But this hotspot isn’t in Kyrgyzstan, or Afghanistan.
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