sexual harassment will not be tolerated. sexual abuse is criminal conduct. the people will be held accountable. the air force goal for sexual assault is not simply to lower the number. the goal is zero. there is no room whatsoever in the army for saul harassment, sexual assault. year after year, promises of zero tolerance haven t solved the problem. but today in the wake of vanessa guillen and other tragedies the military is finally acknowledging it needs to do something different n. february, the new secretary of defense, general lloyd austin, called for an independent review the military s response the sexual assault. i take this issue of sexual assault very, very seniorsly. seriously. we have been working at this for a long time in earnest but we haven t gotten it right. four months later the he came forward with a list of recommendations, including taking prosecutorial power out of the commanders hands.
sexual harassment will not be tolerated. sexual abuse is criminal conduct. the people will be held accountable. the air force goal for sexual assault is not simply to lower the number. the goal is zero. there is no room whatsoever in the army for saul harassment, sexual assault. year after year, promises of zero tolerance haven t solved the problem. but today in the wake of vanessa guillen and other tragedies the military is finally acknowledging it needs to do something different n. february, the new secretary of defense, general lloyd austin, called for an independent review the mil military s response the sexual assault. i take this issue of sexual assault very, very seniorsly. we have been working at this for a long time in earnest but we haven t gotten it right. four months later the he came forward with a list of