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I have a suggestion about how to help instantly reduce sexual assaults in the military. Round up those in charge of handling sexual-assault cases.
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President Barack Obama said sexual assaults and harassment are undermining trust among members of the U.S. armed forces and pose a threat to military readiness.
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U.S. military commanders would lose authority over sexual-assault cases and other major crimes under legislation introduced today by lawmakers from both parties responding to expanding allegations of wrongdoing.
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At least two congressional committees plan to hold hearings on the U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s admission that it targeted for special attention groups promoting limited government.
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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates backed the Obama administration’s handling of the 2012 attacks on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, saying that had he headed the Pentagon at the time he wouldn’t have approved sending a small force into Libya as some critics suggested.
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“It was like Elvis was in the house,” said Senator John McCain. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”
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The law that ended furloughs of U.S. air-traffic controllers covers most of the cost largely by taking about $250 million from airport construction-project funding this fiscal year, according to trade groups.
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Two U.S. senators introduced a bill today to let the Federal Aviation Administration use airport- improvement funds to pay air-traffic controllers, as efforts accelerated to end flight delays caused by forced budget cuts.
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The Senate halted efforts to legislate an immediate end to furloughs of air-traffic controllers, as delays blamed on staffing shortages continued at some of the largest U.S. airports.
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A crush of flight delays at U.S. airports after the furlough of about 10 percent of air-traffic controllers sparked a backlash in the Capitol yesterday, with Republican lawmakers accusing the Obama administration of inventing a crisis to serve its interests in a budget-cut fight.
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