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Pentagon unveils parts of plan to curb sex assaults

By Pauline Jelinek and Robert Burns

 |  Associated Press  

  January 19, 2012

The Pentagon is preparing a series of initiatives to try to curb sexual assaults in the military, the defense chief said yesterday, calling the problem a stain on the honor of the armed forces. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said there were 3,191 sexual assaults reported in the military last year, which would be a slight increase from the 3,158 reported in 2010. But he said that because so few victims report the crime, the real number is closer to 19,000 assaults.

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