The announcement follows months of small steps taken inside the department to address the military's ongoing 'scourge' of sexual assault since Lloyd Austin became secretary of defense in January
The Pentagon laid out its plan to address sexual assault and domestic violence in the military, three months after the White House and the defense secretary threw their support behind recommendations made by an independent review commission.
"The administration has placed an unprecedentedly high priority on this challenge set," Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said during a briefing at the Pentagon on Wednesday."We have now created the way ahead, called the implementation road map, and Secretary Austin has approved it in its entirety.
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