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U.S. Military Faces Scrutiny Over Its Prostitution Policies (April 29, 2012)

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Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, doubts that the military is enforcing the patronizing prostitution law incorporated into the Uniform Code of Military Justice in 2005.  Others note that patronizing prostitutes is incompatible with military values, but cannot attest to whether or not it is enforced.  Senator McCain noted that after the 1991 Navy Tailhook scandal, the Senate committee examined sexual assault due to sexual abuse allegations by Navy and Marine pilots, but has not investigated the use of prostitutes.  Both the Pentagon and the State Department stated that their personnel are trained "that prostitution is often a form of human trafficking, with strong ties to underworld crime."  In light of recent Secret Service and military transgressions in Columbia, there remains questions on the strength of the law and its enforcement.

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