(This corrected version of the March 6 Washington story, fixes details of McCaskill-Ayotte bill in eighth paragraph)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate voted down a bill on Thursday seeking to overhaul the way the U.S. military handles cases of sexual assault by giving authority to prosecute sexual assault cases to an independent military prosecutor instead of top commanders.
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