Elaine Donnelly

PART ONE:

ELAINE DONNELLY, founder and president of the Center for Military Readiness:

• A look at the DoD’s annual report on sexual assaults in the military
• Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's bill to take sexual assault cases out of the jurisdiction of local commanders

PART TWO:

• Debate over the connection between the repeal of "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" and increasing male-on-male sexual assault rates in the military
• Former General Counsel of the DoD Jeh Johnson’s survey of the impact of openly gay service members
• Is the military ready to accept transgender individuals in its ranks?

PART THREE:

• LGBT law and policy in the U.S. military
• The Administration's support for women serving in direct ground combat units
• Will gender-diversity metrics endanger standards for an all-volunteer force?

PART FOUR:

• The role of women in the 21st century American military
• Possible impacts of the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act on America’s servicewomen
• Implications of socially engineering the military