Saturday, May 25, 2013

Female lawmakers leading push to crack down on military sex crimes

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/female-lawmakers-leading-push-to-crack-down-on-military-sex-crimes/2013/05/24/555848a2-c473-11e2-97fa-0f57decebbbf_story.html?hpid=z1

now that's what i'm talking about, Ladies are doing it for themselves.
who better to fight for their rights, who has more at stake, who is more likely to win?
Article PhotoAbout two dozen lawmakers and Obama administration officials crowded into the Roosevelt Room at the White House on May 9 for an urgent meeting about sexual assaults in the military. The most striking thing about the group, given the male-dominated world of national security, was that 85 percent of those around the table were women.
In contrast to other issues mired in gridlock, Congress is moving swiftly and on a bipartisan basis to force the Defense Department to crack down on sex crimes in the ranks. The push is being unmistakably led by female legislators, who constitute a critical mass on the armed services committees and whose patience with the Pentagon on the subject has frayed.
“This is an issue many of us have dealt with for years, and we find it unbelievably alarming that it is happening at the level it is in the military,” said Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.), one of 20 women in the Senate, seven of whom serve on the chamber’s armed services panel.
President Obama raised the topic Friday in a speech to graduates at the U.S. Naval Academy, saying, “Those who commit sexual assault are not only committing a crime, they threaten the trust and discipline that makes our military strong.”
IMO pentagon didn't really want the change on several levels, volunteers rise those demented think easy pickings, women gett discouraged, and why not they join to be part of the country not the rug for males to wipe their feet on.
let's face it the MIC is right wing driven and that comes with all the dirt they will operate under the mindset of those in Texas and ARZ. and those states  who penalize women and take advantage of the undocumented.
Ladies get yours you deserve the respect and equal treatment as those who would oppose you this is your hour, work it.