Pentagon Begins Inquiry of Air Force Academy
From Times Wire Reports
The Defense Department is starting its own investigation of 56 alleged sexual assaults at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
The Air Force and its inspector general’s office is already looking into allegations that female cadets were reprimanded or ostracized for reporting sexual assaults.
Several members of Congress had asked the Pentagon to enter the case. Defense Department Inspector General Joseph Schmitz agreed to the inquiry after meeting with two Republican senators, officials said.
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