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.
