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2. "Victims need to know that their commander holds offenders accountable, not some unknown
Tue Jun 4, 2013, 07:40 AM
Jun 2013

third-party prosecutor.” Well, this is the problem, it is obvious that the commanders are not protecting the victims of sexual assault.
They sound a bit like the officials in the Catholic church, who insist they ought to be policing themselves when it comes to abuse perpetrated by their members. Or maybe its bankers, who claim to be the best watchdogs over their own industry, or big business, or the Federal government who the Joint Chiefs want to emulate?
Perhaps if the chiefs had been doing their job this would not be an issue they faced.

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