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Lauren Aratani

Coast Guard Academy ignored decades of sexual assault, US Senate report says

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‘For far too long, Coast Guard survivors have felt unheard and unseen,’ says a new report released by a US Senate subcommittee. Photograph: Eva Marie Uzcategui/AFP/Getty Images

More than 80 whistleblowers have testified that leaders at the Coast Guard Academy ignored decades of systemic sexual assault and harassment, in a new report released by a powerful government committee Wednesday.

The US Senate’s homeland security and government affairs subcommittee on investigations said sexual assault and harassment have been “fleet-wide problems” for the federal agency, “impacting enlisted members and officers just as pervasively as cadets”.

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