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Sexual Assault

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Sex assault at Air Force Academy

In our six-month investigation into sexual assaults in the Air Force Academy, more than a dozen current and former cadets told us they were retaliated against by peers and military leadership for reporting the assaults. Retired Col. Don Christensen, who served as chief prosecutor for the U.S. Air Force from 2010 to 2014, joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss why Air Force Academy superintendent Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria needs to do more to hold offenders accountable. Christensen is now president of Protect Our Defenders, an organization dedicated to ending rape and sexual assault in the military.

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Air Force Academy responds

A six-month CBS News investigation into sexual assault allegations at the U.S. Air Force Academy revealed more than a dozen claims from current and former cadets who said they faced retaliation for reporting assaults. A former top official on sexual assault says she believes the academy undercounts sexual assault cases. The Air Force Academy's new superintendent, Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, joins "CBS This Morning" to respond to the investigation. Silveria says he's "disgusted" by the sexual assault reports, but he also says "I don't think there problems" with sexual assault at the academy and how it handles the cases.

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