trying to tell people is did you get threats where you threatened. yes not only was i threatened but i was physically beat after i reported by one of the perpetrators friends the entire squadron turned on me i was automatically the liar even though they didn't know the circumstances and even though we did have proof and we were able to move forward with two of the four cases the other people in the squadron did not know what had happened so they believed the perpetrator who was able to tell them the story while i was at some other squadron waiting for the case to go through but for me it's just mind boggling that you're saying you just extending their harassed assaulted in the open with other people just standing by and not interfering how come no one interfered why didn't troops come forward for a fellow soldier well i did have

a couple people that had my back along the way but it felt more like it was a culture of fear like nobody dared stand up to those that were higher ranking if they were the ones that were doing the the harm because they were afraid that it would have backlash on their career to me now. i don't have respect for those people that didn't stand by and take a stand and support the ones that were actually being harmed but along the way there were some silent people that came up to me and said that this person had done that to them that this person a done this to them and so people opened up along the way but they wouldn't take it as far as i did in actually report although i must say it was because of a senior master sergeant that i finally confided in he's the one that finally convinced me to report the four individuals to the commander. jennifer we're going to take a short break right now and while we're back we'll continue talking with jennifer

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and we're back with jennifer norreys air force veteran and military rape survivor sharing the story of her or dale and how she found the strength to move on now jennifer iraq that's her and chan talib hannah berry says she was less scared of anime fire than the men she served with sure recall she would like drink less water to avoid going to the bathroom in night time the show so terrified of being harassed so why do women even join the army despite hearing all this horrific stories. i think that it boils down to people don't think that it's going to happen to them and that's typical of i think just society you just don't think that bad things are going to happen to you i had the same mentality before i joined too so you know they want to follow their dreams and they want to do what they want to do in in some of us our dreams was to be in the military and retire in and do great

things in move women forward so i think that's normal that's ok you know eight nations is speaking out about this the problem of sexual assault in the u.s. military and it's saying that it needs to ensure effective prosecution of offenders is going to make any difference absolutely right now the prosecution rate for sexual assault is less than ten percent compared to the civilian world which is at least forty percent that's what we're trying to say is that if if people are raped or assaulted and then report we would like for these cases to be taken seriously right now like i spoke to you earlier you have to report the crime to your commander they are not a legal professional they are not special victims unit. it's they do not understand how these things work and what we want is to be able to report to a police department or a law enforcement professional someone that understands how these people work and

can't be manipulated by them so for years activists and law makers in the united states have tried to change this product all right but leaders in the military are against bringing civilians into bases to investigate alleged assaults why are they against it and what are they winning this debate wide why do you think the military is winning this debate because they're able to protect their institution if they're able to keep everything in house and that's exactly what they do they want to stomp it out before it gets out to the public whereas we want it out in the public so people know who these offenders are and can be on alert they don't just offend people in the military they're offending people in our communities as well their wives their children so it's not just a military issue it's a societal issue and i think it would be way more effective if everyone reported to a police department where all the crime data was kept in one place i think in

completely removing sexual assault cases from the military chain of command that would actually solve the problem. i think standardising the justice process in general to have it in sync with the civilian society meaning databases connected and you know whether it's the civilians that try the the perpetrator or it's the military that tries the perp perpetrator everyone should be talking so that we can connect the dots on who's doing what where because it makes it a little bit more complicated with a military personnel who can transfer all over the country and to different parts of the world we need all the data collection to be put into a system so we can actually track with these people have done through the course of time and be able to move forward with the with cases that may win as opposed to a he said she said incident so jennifer what i'm thinking is that maybe there should be more women in the u.s.

military in high ranking positions that way they would take up more positions and maybe kick some butt especially regarding the men who are potential salters what do you think should there be more women in the u.s. military. that be ideal although we have to take into account that over half of the victims in the military actually fifty three percent of them are males so this isn't an female issue necessarily we are a higher risk because we're seen as the weaker sex but predators do not discriminate they are harming both men and women in the military and a lot of media have been trying to cover the issue we just have not been able to get any footing with it but people need to know that more than half the victims are men in the military here's another crazy number according to the human rights watch only five percent of sexual assault cases in the us militarily two convictions of the perpetrators what happened to the man who assaulted you see punished yes the

recruiter skipped town after i threatened to report him to the commander unfortunately so we couldn't do anything with that case the technical instructor that assaulted me at keysar mississippi we had no jurisdiction over because he was active duty and i was considered national guard and then the other two who were both national guard members that work with me we were able to move forward with cases but by the time it went up the chain of command it minimized from sexual assault to sexual harassment they both retired with full benefits after twenty years of service pentagon keeps saying that programs are implemented changes are being made the problem is being solved as if. i lie i don't think it's all a lie but i definitely think that they sway the media to see things a certain way so for example although the numbers may have gone down from twenty

six thousand or roughly nine hundred thousand in the last couple years and they're bragging about a thirty percent increase in reporting it means nothing in the civilian world doesn't understand that in the military you can report a crime. i'm under two different guys is either restricted or unrestricted if it's restricted that means nobody's supposed to know about it including your commander so you can go forward and get some help if it's unrestricted then it turns into a full blown investigation if in fact your commander agrees to move forward with the case which is another sticking point so people need to realize that although the reporting has gone up it's been restricted reporting which is not helping us catch these criminals they're they're still not being reported you might be able to get help but they're still moving along in their careers assaulting other people while the latest victim is just getting help you now work with those who went through this same problem as you did are you seeing more cases away men speaking

out has to situation gotten any better i think awareness has definitely got better around the issue and there's way more talk about it within the military and outside in the veteran community to address getting help for after someone's been traumatized by an incident like this so that in fact is has improved i've actually benefited greatly from the programs that have come as a result of our advocacy with military sexual assault so for that i'm thankful as far as the military justice system goes and policy goal goes it's it's the same thing it's always been nothing has changed whatsoever as far as the core issues that we're trying to to address which is taking a commander out of the decision making process as far as whether or not you're going to move forward with a case we just want law enforcement professionals and detectives and investigators

to deal with these cases not a commander who's great at war but has absolutely no idea how the legal process works and what sexual assault is what do you do for the victims how are you now helping. my boss what i do is i empower them when i did work for as an advocate i actually would help them kind of deal with their cases as they were moving along in the process and i noticed the same patterns over and over and over so now what i do because that was really hard to take until we can change things is focus on helping them to heal despite not being able to get justice so trying to find a place of you know faith and finding a place of comfort in yourself to know that you didn't do anything wrong it's just that the system is not working well and it needs to be changed and we there's nothing we can do about it right now except to take care of ourselves and hope for

the best in the future. so you just mentioned earlier that it's not just a man woman problem that fifty one percent of the ones who are being assaulted are are men and i read this trace and survey also by american psychological association that's us that number of men facing sexual assaults in the military is fifteen times higher than reported by the pentagon that would mean up to two hundred ten thousand men or assaulted in one ear. is that number correct is the right call. and do you help man and no you know yes whoever needs help when they come to me i will assist him in as best i can that actually that study from american psychological association was retracted they had used. not a very good way to determine those numbers it was it wasn't correct so it was retracted

it's not actually that high what he didn't really matter it's still high enough where it should be a concern the actual numbers what i shared with you it's roughly fifty three percent of the victims of military sexual assault are males this is not a female soldier issue this is a predator issue and that's what we're trying to tell people jennifer thank you so much for sharing this story with us thank you so much for empowering women who went through the same thing as you say thank you so much for being so brave and outspoken and i hope that you really when you win over pentagon thank you we're talking to jennifer a nor'easter retired air force sergeant now activist with the military rape crisis center speaking about sexual assaults in the u.s. military and share of the story of her ordeal and her five for justice that's it for this edition so i'll see you next.

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influence social media users in other countries. around the clock across the world this is r.t. international from the team and myself you know neal welcome to the program our top story the trump administration has opted to extend sanctions relief for iran for another one hundred twenty days of decision that will prevent the landmark twenty fifteen nuclear deal from falling through in twenty fifteen though bomb administration foolishly traded away strong multilateral sanctions to get its weak nuclear deal despite my strong inclination i have not yet withdrawn the united states from the iran nuclear deal instead i have outlined two possible paths for would either thinks the deal's disastrous force or the united states would withdraw

. ok let's cross live now to smear account for the details on this samir i remember what two and a half years ago when this is being carved out a lot of work a lot of blood a lot of tears went into this talk us through the developments and whether or not it's actually going to be extended here or not yes well even though trump has repeatedly vowed to tear up the iran deal he has decided to keep the deal intact extending sanctions relief but also warning that this will be the last time until the deal is strengthened but sanctions will be added on iranian entities for their alleged support of terrorist groups now this comes after his national security advisers and other signatories have all urged him to comply with the agreement and the e.u. has been urging washington to stick to it for months and just yesterday top you diplomats met with the iranian foreign minister in brussels to reaffirm their support for the deal breaking five years on the tree c.p.o.

way the new deal we erode the deal is working we want to. protect just a few a white support for this deal make sure that the lifting of nuclear related sanctions has a positive impact on trade iran is in compliance with this agreement of the only agreement which prevents us from the proliferation of nuclear weapons is crucial for the security of the region but also for the security of the. now they agree my agreement was signed in two thousand and fifteen and it was hailed as a breakthrough in u.s. relations as it ended international concern over iran's nuclear program and it's actually often described as obama's signature foreign policy achievement but trump has always accused the country of violating the quote spirit of the deal which really means that iran hasn't actually violated the deal now this is deliberately deceptive washington is fully aware that the i.a.e.a.

and other signatories and even trump's own officials said that iran is in full compliance with the deal now at the last deadline wave sanctions but decertified iran's compliance with the deal which is completely unrelated to all of this and it's not part of the deal and b. iran's ballistic missiles aren't even capable of carrying nuclear warheads but facts aside trump has always hated the deal he's below and has even attacked diplomats who negotiated it let's take a quick look. the worst i've ever seen good disasters deal with a rare one of the dumbest deals and one of the weakest ground drax the people that negotiated that deal mainly kerry and his friends are incompetent one of the worst deals ever negotiated. perhaps trump realized that ending the deal wouldn't have been wise and would have led to massive backlash from the international community now we'll just have to wait and see if congress and u.s.

allies agree to trump's demands yeah a lot of questions being raised there so we're accounting this right up to date thank you very much let's try and i'm sure some of those questions now i because joining me live as cover for a son to be a former advisor to rome's nuclear negotiation team and or three of our run nuclear accord on the remaking of the middle east of boop grover old good books are welcome why has trump extended the sanctions relief for iran if he's so opposed to the deal . well first of all a small yet significant side of relief has been trump all timid listen to the sound advice of his top advisers as well as the various european leaders by sticking with the deal and not the scuttling he has repeatedly live out to do so so the deal has now so vive year one of tom's presidency and my hunch is that it will

continue to do so in year two and they remain there of trumps presidency for good reason because you sing the national interest of the united states it's a win win and it puts to rest international anxieties about iran's potential poorly for ration and we have heard from the various european leaders just a couple of days ago that this is no working deal and i through nine reports has confirmed that iran has fully fulfill its obligations so there is really no rationale or justification for trump to go against the deal and the scrapping and really you know landed a big step on the u.s.'s credibility international scene but nevertheless the language isn't the most diplomatic trump statement sounds pretty much like an ultimatum he say's either fix the deal or the u.s.

with drop the quote is not a viable strategy do you think. i don't think so and you know characterize today's announcement as ones to forward one step back war keeps the deal intact yet shaky grounds and we had similar ultimatums back in october and nothing happened and my hunch is that you know does the president that makes it hard decisions when you have to go one day at a time and you know don't place too much. in his ultimatum today because this deal says the u.s. is now still interested as confirmed by defense secretary mattis. tillerson and others and i really doubt that this all to maraton will work because you cannot mix in non-nuclear conventional issues such as iran is ballistic missile issue with

a nuclear fuel because then you know what kind of standards will you use saudi arabia as ballistic missiles israel as ballistic missile and this will you know why didn't the net of negotiations to such a vacuous and stage where negotiation on these issues will become impossible yeah just on something you said earlier do you think that the spite his criticism of president trump of the deal he would actually have the backbone to walk away from it if it is not revised to washington's liking i just put the point to that if the e.u. struck by it stuck by it but the u.s. walked away from the agreement what would that mean what it for all three what's what's comes from that. world will be back to square one on the nuclear crisis with explicitly warning that they will resume their full skin nuclear activities including enrichment activities and what the tramp and ministration wants to do is to make permanent son temporary provisions of

this deal which restricts iran's nuclear rights and the nonproliferation treaty and of course no one no politician in iran will consent to that would be a national political solution that i saw you know it's really under the listing and unwise expectations by the trump administration that he can tend to temper provisions into something permanent and it also has a very bad misreading of the nuclear accord because there are court you know imposes strictures that are long term such as you know a restrictive monitoring of iran's facilities and admission or put a call which will continue for over an iran will it is slated if they did keeps going if it's not scuttled yes still a lot to be decided on this is near cover a i for a solid b.

author and former advisor to runs nuclear negotiation team thanks for your time and your thoughts this hour. but it's not just iran's nuclear ambitions that the u.s. is on huckabee with washington also wants the country to run its influence in syria that's one of the reasons american tends to station troops in the country indefinitely the first it has committed as a matter of strategy that we will not leave syria we're going to stay for several reasons stabilization and assistance in the fight on north and northeast. protection of our allies the syrian democratic forces but for other reasons as well including countering iran how so with force with troops with. diplomacy which one of those setters combination of measures first and foremost it is aggressive sanctioning and measures undertaken by the us and our partners and we

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