Biden to sign executive order making sexual harassment in the military a crime
President Biden greets U.S. Marines outside the Marine Barracks in Washington, DC, on January 25, 2022. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Imageshe will sign an executive order making sexual harassment an offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.The order will also strengthen the military’s response to domestic violence and the wrongful broadcast or distribution of intimate visual images, the White House said.
There's been growing criticism on Capitol Hill over the military's ineffectiveness at preventing incidences of sexual assault and harassment in the ranks, which have more than doubled in the past decade, the Wall Street JournalLawmakers last month reached an agreement to reform how military sexual misconduct crimes were prosecuted, according toUnder the new agreement, independent military prosecutors would replace commanders in determining whether those accused of sexual assault, rape,...
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