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GOP Rep. On Sexual Assault At Airforce Base: There's 'No Evidence Of A Widespread Problem'

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Vice-chair of the House Armed Services Commitee Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) believes that there is "no evidence" of a serious sexual assault problem at Lackland Airforce Base even though 12 training officers there have been charged or are being investigated for sexual misconduct and there are at least 31 alleged victims of sexual assault. There were 6,350 reported cases of what the armed forces call "military sexual trauma" last year, but independent studies estimate (PDF) that there were 19,000 cases total last year, most of which went unreported.
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.

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