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Pentagon links leadership failures to violence at bases

FILE - Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Washington. Military bases with a high risk for sexual assault, harassment and other harmful behaviors often have leaders that don't understand violence prevention, don't make it a priority, and focus more on their mission than on their people, a new Pentagon review has concluded. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) FILE - Frida Larios places flowers near of photograph of slain Army Spc. Vanessa Guillen at the base of a mural of Guillen on 14th Street NW in Washington, July 13, 2020. Guillen was killed by a soldier, who her family says sexually harassed her, and who killed himself as police sought to arrest him. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)