US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued a memorandum on Friday directing his department to carry out a number of reforms, including the removal of sexual assault…
US President Joe Biden issued a Friday statement expressing support for the Pentagon chief’s same-day announcement on implementing recommendations set forth by the Independent Review Commission on Military Sexual Assault (IRC). Biden noted that his backing includes Austin’s call for “removing the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault from the chain of command and creating highly specialized units to handle these cases and related crimes.
