Female General to Lead Pentagon on Assault

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon on Thursday named a female one-star general to a newly created position as policy chief for all matters related to sexual assault prevention and response.

Air Force Brig. Gen. K.C. McClain was described in a Pentagon announcement as the "single point of accountability" for all sexual assault policy within the Defense Department. She will report to David Chu, the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness.

The announcement comes just days after the Air Force released a report that said sexual assaults at Air Force bases at home and abroad are more widespread than officials first believed.

The problem is not limited to the Air Force.

In a report last May, the Pentagon acknowledged problems in preventing, treating and investigating sexual assaults on military personnel. The task force that wrote the report recommended a series of primarily administrative changes aimed at increasing awareness throughout the ranks of how to respond, both medically and judicially, when a woman in uniform reports being assaulted.
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In her new post, McClain is responsible for sexual assault policy throughout the Defense Department, not just in the services.

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