Pentagon Mislead Congress About Sexual Assault Cases: AP

REPORT: Pentagon Mislead Congress About Sexual Assault Cases
Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, then the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned a Senate panel that if approved, the Military Justice Improvement Act would result in fewer sexual assault cases going to trial.
Navy Adm. James Winnefeld, then the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned a Senate panel that if approved, the Military Justice Improvement Act would result in fewer sexual assault cases going to trial.
ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Pentagon misled Congress with inaccurate and vague information about sexual assault cases that portrayed civilian law enforcement officials as less willing than military commanders to punish sex offenders, an Associated Press investigation found.

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