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Rep. Speier: U.S. military ‘sweeps sexual offenses under the rug’

By Eric W. Dolan
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 17:04 EST

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) delivered her fifteenth speech on the House floor condemning the pervasive problem of sexual harassment and rape in the U.S. military.

To call attention to the problem, she has been telling the stories of women who were sexually harassed and assaulted while serving in U.S military.

“This morning I’m going to tell you the story of U.S. Marine Stephanie Schroeder who was raped in a public rest room by a fellow Marine,” she said. “He shoved her down, beat her, and force her on her back. He ripped down her pants and raped her. Then he ejaculated on her thigh and spit on her.”

When she reported the incident to her commanding officer, Schroeder was laughed at and told to stop “bitching” about it.

“Instead of helping her, her commander called her a liar and restricted her from seeking medical help or any type of counseling,” Speier continued. “What’s worse is that her commander did nothing illegal. The military judicial system allows commanders complete discretion for handling cases of rape and sexual assault.”

According to a Pentagon report on sexual abuse in the military, violent sexual assaults have nearly doubled since 2006. The report found a U.S soldier committed a violent sexual assault every six hours and 40 minutes in 2011.

Speier has introduced H.R. 3435, the STOP Act, which would create a new autonomous group within the military to handle the prosecution, reporting, investigation and all other aspects of a sexual assault case. Currently, those powers are exercised solely at the discretion of the unit commander.

“Instead of continuing a system that punishes victims and sweeps sexual offenses under the rug, I dare the Department of Defense to create an impartial office to review and handle these cases with experts in prosecution and investigation,” she said.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/15/rep-speier-u-s-military-sweeps-sexual-offenses-under-the-rug/

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"Thank You Rep. Speier, for keeping this in Light, it's Wrong and needs taken Care of!!!"By Eric W. Dolan Wednesday, February 15, 2012 17:04 EST Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA)... more

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Fox contributor: Female soldiers should 'expect' to be Raped

By Eric W. Dolan Monday, February 13, 2012 19:18 EST
Fox News contributor Liz Trotta on Monday suggested women serving alongside male service members should expect to be raped and complained about the money spent on women who are “now being raped too much.”
Trotta appeared on Fox to discuss new Department of Defense rules allowing women to serve in more than 14,000 jobs that had been off-limits to female soldiers. They still cannot join infantry, armor or special forces units, however. “But we have women once more, the feminist, going, wanting to be warriors and victims at the same time,” she said.
“Defense Secretary Leon Panetta commented on a new Pentagon report on sexual abuse in the military,” Trotta added. “I think they have actually discovered there is a difference between men and women. And the sexual abuse report says that there has been, since 2006, a 64% increase in violent sexual assaults. Now, what did they expect? These people are in close contact, the whole airing of this issue has never been done by Congress, it’s strictly been a question of pressure from the feminist.”
She then noted that the budget of the Defense Department’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office increased from $5 million in 2005 to more than $23 million in 2010.
“So, you have this whole bureaucracy upon bureaucracy being built up with all kinds of levels of people to support women in the military who are now being raped too much,” Trotta remarked.
“Well, many would say that they need to be protected, and there are these sexual programs, abuse programs, are necessary,” co-anchor Eric Shawn interjected, but to no avail.
“That’s funny, I thought the mission of the Army, and the Navy, and four services was to defend and protect us, not the people who were fighting the war,” Trotta responded.
Watch video, clipped by Media Matters, below: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/13/fox-contributor-on-women-raped-in-the-military-what-did-they-expect/
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