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Army Seeks to Lower Incidents of Sexual Assault

By Corey Rayburnyung

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The U.S. Army is launching a new effort to decrease incidents of sexual assault.  The move is comes in response to new data showing disparate sexual assaults in the Army relative to the other military branches. From The Wall Street Journal:The Army is launching a new war against an old foe: the lingering problem of sexual violence within the military. Last month, 80 high-ranking generals gathered at a hotel in Alexandria, Va., for a mandatory, weeklong summit devoted to combating the crime. In a Sept. 22 essay in Army Times, Army Secretary Pete Geren and Gen. George Casey, the service's chief of staff, said it was "repugnant to everything a soldier stands for" and promised a "zero tolerance" policy for harassment or assault...continue to full post

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