President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday altering the Uniform Code of Military Justice as it pertains to sexual misconduct.

Sexual harassment will now be a violation under the UCMJ, and it also strengthens the military’s response capabilities to domestic violence and the distribution of revenge pornography.

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