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Original publisher: Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2007. LC Number: KF27 .G6687 2006j OCLC Number: (OCoLC)132687872 Subject: Women soldiers -- Crimes against -- United States. Excerpt: ... 7 The scourge of sexual assault is clearly not limited, as I have mentioned, to the military academies, but many of the positive changes in responses to sexual assaults in civilian life have failed to translate easily to the military. The culture of the academies and strict reporting requirements have often limited options for vic-tims when they are at their most vulnerable. The initial steps taken by the military to better protect and sup-port victims are a good start. Implementation of the restricted re-porting policy allows victims the ability to seek out care and serv-ices confidentially when they otherwise might have opted to not seek help at all, but in order to ensure that all victims are able to seek help, additional policy changes may be required. We need a fundamental change in the culture of the academies to ensure that women are treated with dignity and respect. Over the last decade efforts to better understand and deal with the prob-lem of sexual assault have slowly increased. There is now a height-ened commitment by the service academies and the Pentagon to take the issue of sexual assault more seriously by improving the re-sponse to sexual assaults and preventing assaults before they even happen. I am encouraged by the initial steps that have been taken by DOD to improve accountability, and I comment recent efforts to expand sexual assault education and training in the military and at the academies. We recognize there is much more work to be done. I look forward to hearing from our witnesses. I also hope the ad-vocates here today will share their concerns and recommendations for ensuring the basic rights of women in the military are re-spected. I will again repeat, Mr. Chairman, that this is not just a matter that relat
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Sexual assault and violence against women in the military and at the academies: hearing before the Subcommittee on National Security
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