Rep. Judy Chu: Military needs to define what is hazing

The policy package the House Armed Services Committee's Defense bill includes several measures meant to address hazing. Congress and the Government Accountabili...

Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.)

The policy package the House Armed Services Committee's Defense bill includes several measures meant to address hazing. Congress and the Government Accountability Office both say DoD hasn’t done enough to track and punish behavior that crosses the line between rites of passage and downright cruelty. Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) is the prime sponsor of the legislation. Her nephew, Harry Lew, took his own life after abuse by fellow Marines. She tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the military’s first step should be to come up with a common definition of hazing.

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