White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, May 1, 2014

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014 – 11:47 A.M. EDT

MR. CARNEY:  Hey, everybody.  No announcements.  I’ll go to your questions.  Jon, are you ready?  (Laughter.)  But I’ll start with Nedra.  Go ahead.

Q    Thanks, Jay.  The Pentagon is releasing a report today showing a 50 percent increase in military sexual assaults.  How does the Commander-in-Chief view that?  Does he think it’s because of increased encouragement for reporting, or is the problem getting worse?

MR. CARNEY:  Well,…