a criminal thing other flows that only too well he runs the awareness programs among the working class gay population and activity fraught with risk in india several years ago he and his colleagues were thrown into prison they were charged with conspiracy to commit sodomy and possessed so-called obscene materials. for the schalke because what we re trying was trying to save lives and we re being imprisoned and that was a horrific because in jail for initial candy they deny drinking water we that being beaten up regularly. that left so many scars. others lost most of the state because of the beatings and the poor hygiene in prison he was shunned by his friends it took years before he dared to enter police station again but he hasn t given up the fight he s now one of the petitioners pushing india s stop court to
of the rampant mental health issues that the army is trying to address with programs like real warriors awareness programs. but awareness programs are not enough. you have to get people with these difficulties engaged, involved in treatment. doctor, if indeed, because we re getting a bit ahead of ourselves. anyone who opens fire on either themselves or someone else is obviously has some sort of issues. but it sounds to me that you re saying you re surprised it doesn t happen more off considering the stress they re under. no, i m not saying that. i m answering your question, don. you asked me am i surprised. that s why i was focusing so much on the suicide data that we have. so i m not surprised. do i think the department of defense is address thing problem? absolutely. i think veterans affairs is
our game to go at this thing hard. and for those who are in uniform who have experienced sexual assault, i want them to hear directly from their commander in chief that i ve got their backs. i will support them, and we re not going to tolerate this stuff. and there will be accountability. if people have engaged in this behavior, they should be prosecuted. bottom line is, i have no tolerance for this. i have communicated this to the secretary of defense. we re going to communicate this again to folks up and down the chain in areas of authority, and i expect consequences. so, i don t want just more speeches or, you know, awareness programs or training, but ultimately, folks look the other way. if we find out somebody s engaging in this stuff, they got
and for those who are in uniform who have experienced sexual assault, i want them to hear directly from their commander in chief that i ve got their backs. i will support them, and we re not going to tolerate this stuff. and there will be accountability. if people have engaged in this behavior, they should be prosecuted. bottom line is, i have no tolerance for this. i have communicated this to the secretary of defense. we re going to communicate this again to folks up and down the chain in areas of authority, and i expect consequences. so, i don t want just more speeches or, you know, awareness programs or training, but ultimately, folks look the other way. if we find out somebody s engaging in this stuff, they got to be held accountable, prosecuted, stripped of their
and for those who are in uniform who have experienced sexual assault, i want them to hear directly from their commander in chief that i ve got their backs. i will support them, and we re not going to tolerate this stuff. and there will be accountability. if people have engaged in this behavior, they should be prosecuted. bottom line is, i have no tolerance for this. i have communicated this to the secretary of defense. we re going to communicate this again to folks up and down the chain in areas of authority, and i expect consequences. so, i don t want just more speeches or, you know, awareness programs or training, but ultimately, folks look the other way. if we find out somebody s engaging in this stuff, they got