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    White House hosts lawmakers to discuss sexual assault in the military

    Olivier Knox
    ,
    The Ticket•May 9, 2013

    One of President Barack Obama's most trusted aides, Valerie Jarrett, hosted a bipartisan delegation of lawmakers on Thursday to discuss ways to combat sexual assault in the military, the White House said, emphasizing that such crimes "will not be tolerated."

    "The group discussed various legislative proposals as well as actions that the administration could take to hold offenders accountable, improve the reporting process, support victims and work towards the prevention of sexual assault," an Obama aide, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Yahoo News.

    The meeting included Republican and Democratic lawmakers from the Senate and House of Representatives.

    Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, one of the participants, took to Twitter to hail the effort.

    V productive meeting at the @whitehouse this AM w/@vj44, Tina Tchen & my colleagues re legislation to address sexual assault in the military

    — Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) May 9, 2013

    Below is the list of attendees as provided by the White House:

    Tina Tchen, Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls

    Liz Sherwood-Randall, White House Coordinator for Defense Policy, National Security Staff

    Kathryn Ruemmler, Counsel to the President

    Miguel Rodriguez Director, Office of Legislative Affairs

    Lynn Rosenthal White House Advisor on Violence Against Women

    Senator Kelly Ayotte

    Senator Susan Collins

    Senator Deb Fischer

    Senator Kirsten Gillibrand

    Senator Kay Hagan

    Senator Amy Klobuchar

    Senator Claire McCaskill

    Senator Patty Murray

    Senator Jeanne Shaheen

    Representative Susan Davis

    Representative Chellie Pingree

    Representative Tim Ryan

    Representative Jackie Speier

    Representative Niki Tsongas

    Representative Michael Turner

    Representative Jackie Walorski