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Report Finds VA Secretary Robert Wilkie Smeared House Aide Who Reported Sexual Assault

HeadlineDec 11, 2020

A watchdog report has found current Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie and other senior leaders discredited and smeared a House aide who reported a sexual assault at work. Andrea Goldstein, who issued the complaint, said in a statement, “The millions of women and men who have experienced or witnessed sexual violence in the military recognized Secretary Wilkie’s actions as horrifyingly familiar: refuse to take or enforce accountability, blame, shame and make the victim the problem.”

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