Panetta: Could be 19,000 military sex assaults each year
Senior U.S. defense officials, including Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, announce new efforts to combat sexual assault in the military.
Panetta spoke two days before the premiere of a new documentary about sexual assault in the U.S. military, titled “The Invisible War.” The film is being shown at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Saying he wanted to speak directly to the victims of sexual assault in the Defense Department, Panetta said somberly: “I deeply regret that such crimes occur in the U.S. military … I’m committed to providing you the support and resources you need and to taking whatever steps are necessary to keep what happened to you from happening to others.”
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