McCaskill pushes for crackdown on military assault

Thursday, April 4, 2013

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- One month after a U.S. Senate panel lambasted Defense Department leaders about the military's erratic response to sexual assaults in its ranks, Sen. Claire McCaskill returned to Missouri to reiterate her push for tougher punishments of such crimes.

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