White House officials, lawmakers to meet on military sex crime problem

By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House has invited about a dozen lawmakers to a meeting on Thursday to discuss how to combat the sharp increase in sexual assaults in the military, a White House official said. Earlier this week, the Pentagon released its 2012 annual report on sexual assault in the military, which showed a 37 percent jump in estimated sex crimes to 26,000. …