President Calls Military Assaults A Security Threat

KUNM | By Megan Kamerick

Published June 22, 2013 at 3:26 PM MDT

May 19, 2013

President Obama calls sexual assault in the military a threat to national security.

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Megan Kamerick

Megan has been a journalist for 25 years and worked at business weeklies in San Antonio, New Orleans and Albuquerque. She first came to KUNM as a phone volunteer on the pledge drive in 2005. That led to volunteering on Women’s Focus, Weekend Edition and the Global Music Show. She was then hired as Morning Edition host in 2015, then the All Things Considered host in 2018. Megan was hired as News Director in 2021.

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