Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said he wants to 'criminalize' sexual harassment in the military
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan told Congress Wednesday he is going to"criminalize" sexual harassment in the military. Shanahan is expected to issue a directive to the Defense Department making sexual harassment a stand-alone crime under military law, according to a US defense official.
Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee, Shanahan said,"This would be news breaking, we're going to criminalize certain activities in this next year to reflect the seriousness that we're going to take on certain behaviors." Currently, sexual harassment can fall under other legal violations of military behavior. It is not clear if Shanahan would need congressional approval to introduce a major change to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the official said.
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