military, sexual assault survivors are facing a justice system which is within that chain of command, congresswoman, can you tell me how the legislation you're proposing will address this issue in a different way than what the d.o.d. is currently suggesting? >> well, in my legislation it takes it out of chain of command, so a victim would report it to a special officeç staffed with experts, both in terms of prosecution investigation and they will do that evaluation and then whatever they recommend, will stand. it won't be a decision made by the commander. what we have seen really is the number of court martials that have been initiated by commanders, have decreased in the last safr report you just referenced. none of this will change unless we see prosecutions go up and convictions go up in many respects, it's stacked against