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Military Personnel Say Pentagon Ignores Sexual Assaults, Harassment (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | February 16, 2011, 11:57AM

Veterans and active-duty service members filed a federal lawsuit this week alleging that the Pentagon has turned a blind eye to a hostile military culture that has resulted in sexual harassment and rapes.

The lawsuit, filed by civil litigator Susan Burke in Virginia, notes that there's been an increase in reports of sexual abuse in the military and that Pentagon leadership hasn't done enough about it.

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