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US Senator, Former Air Force Pilot, Says She Was Raped By Senior Officer
US Senator Martha McSally, the first female combat pilot in the US Air Force, said on Wednesday she had been raped by a superior officer but did not report it because she blamed herself and did not trust the system.
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A Soldier Rose To Become A General. Daughter Says He Abused Her For Years
For retired Maj. Gen. James Grazioplene, getting arrested and photographed in an orange jumpsuit in Northern Virginia this month was the latest humiliation following a lengthy military investigation in which the Army charged him with rape, only to have the case dismissed on a technicality.
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In Rare Spectacle, Army Court-Martials A Retired General
The US Army will do something this weekend it has done only four other times since the Truman administration: drag a general into a military courtroom to face criminal charges. James Grazioplene, 68, a retired major general from Gainesville, Virginia, is being court-martialed on charges that he raped a child over a six-year period while he was on a...
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US lawmakers act to limit military authority in sex assault cases
U.S. lawmakers, reacting to a spate of sexual violence seen as a "cancer" in the armed forces, backed a measure on Wednesday that would strip military commanders of their ability to overturn convictions for rape and other sexual assaults.
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Training push fails to halt US military sexual assault crisis
Under pressure to fight sexual assault, the U.S. armed forces in recent years rolled out education programs about proper sexual conduct through methods like role playing and video games.
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US Air Force chief regrets comments on 'hook-up' culture
The chief of the US Air Force said Friday he regretted comments he made last week seeming to suggest a "hookup culture" in society was partly to blame for a sexual assault crisis in the military.
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Barack Obama calls meeting on military sex assault
The top US defence leaders were summoned to the White House on Thursday to talk about the military's escalating sexual assault crisis as the Pentagon's top general said women in uniform were losing confidence the problem will be solved.
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Rape victims say US military justice failed them
Former US troops who were raped during their time in uniform recounted their traumatic experiences at a Senate hearing and demanded changes to the military's justice system.
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New tool helps US group track sex crimes in Syria
A U.S. women's group is using new crowd-sourcing techniques to track rape and other sexual violence across Syria in one of the first efforts to monitor assaults against women during military conflict in real-time. The effort by the Women's Media Center aims to shed light on such assaults and provide possible evidence to prosecute future human righ...
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US Senator, Former Air Force Pilot, Says She Was Raped By Senior Officer
US Senator Martha McSally, the first female combat pilot in the US Air Force, said on Wednesday she had been raped by a superior officer but did not report it because she blamed herself and did not trust the system.
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A Soldier Rose To Become A General. Daughter Says He Abused Her For Years
For retired Maj. Gen. James Grazioplene, getting arrested and photographed in an orange jumpsuit in Northern Virginia this month was the latest humiliation following a lengthy military investigation in which the Army charged him with rape, only to have the case dismissed on a technicality.
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In Rare Spectacle, Army Court-Martials A Retired General
The US Army will do something this weekend it has done only four other times since the Truman administration: drag a general into a military courtroom to face criminal charges. James Grazioplene, 68, a retired major general from Gainesville, Virginia, is being court-martialed on charges that he raped a child over a six-year period while he was on a...
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US lawmakers act to limit military authority in sex assault cases
U.S. lawmakers, reacting to a spate of sexual violence seen as a "cancer" in the armed forces, backed a measure on Wednesday that would strip military commanders of their ability to overturn convictions for rape and other sexual assaults.
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Training push fails to halt US military sexual assault crisis
Under pressure to fight sexual assault, the U.S. armed forces in recent years rolled out education programs about proper sexual conduct through methods like role playing and video games.
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US Air Force chief regrets comments on 'hook-up' culture
The chief of the US Air Force said Friday he regretted comments he made last week seeming to suggest a "hookup culture" in society was partly to blame for a sexual assault crisis in the military.
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Barack Obama calls meeting on military sex assault
The top US defence leaders were summoned to the White House on Thursday to talk about the military's escalating sexual assault crisis as the Pentagon's top general said women in uniform were losing confidence the problem will be solved.
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Rape victims say US military justice failed them
Former US troops who were raped during their time in uniform recounted their traumatic experiences at a Senate hearing and demanded changes to the military's justice system.
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New tool helps US group track sex crimes in Syria
A U.S. women's group is using new crowd-sourcing techniques to track rape and other sexual violence across Syria in one of the first efforts to monitor assaults against women during military conflict in real-time. The effort by the Women's Media Center aims to shed light on such assaults and provide possible evidence to prosecute future human righ...
