Senators demand answers from Dept. of Defense after reports of JROTC instructor abuse

Four senators, including Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), are asking the Departments of Defense and Education for answers after a July report from the New York Times revealed a pattern of sexual misconduct among Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) instructors.

The Times report found at least 33 JROTC instructors who had been criminally charged with sexual misconduct involving high school students over a five year period, as well as other instructors who were accused of misconduct but never charged. While the Defense and Education Departments are supposed...