WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, alarmed by a spate of reported sexual assaults involving U.S. troops in Iraq (news - web sites) and Kuwait, has ordered a probe into whether the Pentagon (news - web sites) has done enough to prevent such attacks and help victims, officials said on Friday.
"Sexual assault will not be tolerated in the Department of Defense (news - web sites)," Rumsfeld said in a memo released by the Pentagon.