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Jun 9, 2013, 11:06:04 AM6/9/13
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You stupid Democrat bitch. Obama does just about everything
against the advice of Congress. But he does everything his
nigger head laywer tells him to, just like a good little lap
nigger.
A U.S. senator remains steadfast in blocking the nomination of
Air Force Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, tapped to serve as vice
commander of the U.S. Space Command, over serious concerns with
Helms' decision to overturn a jury conviction in a sexual
assault case.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., who first put a hold on the
nomination in April, said she met with Helms and Air Force
officials yet still had reservations.
"At a time when the military is facing a crisis of sexual
assault, making a decision that sends a message which dissuades
reporting of sexual assaults, supplants the finding of a jury,
contradicts the advice of counsel and further victimizes a
survivor of sexual assault is unacceptable," said McCaskill, a
member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
McCaskill's hold effectively prevents the Senate from approving
Helms' nomination.
In February 2012, Helms rejected the recommendation of legal
counsel and overturned the conviction of an Air Force captain
who had been found guilty of aggravated sexual assault of a
female lieutenant.
McCaskill explained her objections in a statement in the
Congressional Record on Thursday.
"Lt. Gen. Helms has a record of more than thirty years of
distinguished military service, in which she became the first
American military woman in space, among other significant
achievements. Her career is to be celebrated," McCaskill said.
"However, I continue to have deep concerns with Lt. Gen. Helms'
decision, while a commander and courts-martial convening
authority, to overturn the jury verdict of a military court
martial in which the jury found an Air Force officer guilty of
sexual assault. She made this decision against the advice of her
staff judge advocate."
The Helms' situation echoes another Air Force case that has
outraged members of Congress and prompted them to move swiftly
on legislation that would strip commanders of the authority to
overturn convictions.
Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin, commander of the 3rd Air Force at
Ramstein Air Base in Germany, overturned a conviction against
Lt. Col. James Wilkerson, a former inspector general at Aviano
Air Base in Italy.
Wilkerson had been found guilty last Nov. 2 of charges of
abusive sexual contact, aggravated sexual assault and three
instances of conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman.
The incident had involved a civilian employee.
Wilkerson was sentenced to a year in prison and dismissal from
the service. But after a review of the case Franklin overturned
the conviction.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/07/senator-blocks-air-
force-officer-nomination/?intcmp=obinsite
You stupid Democrat bitch. Obama does just about everything
against the advice of Congress. But he does everything his
nigger head laywer tells him to, just like a good little lap
nigger.
A U.S. senator remains steadfast in blocking the nomination of
Air Force Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, tapped to serve as vice
commander of the U.S. Space Command, over serious concerns with
Helms' decision to overturn a jury conviction in a sexual
assault case.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., who first put a hold on the
nomination in April, said she met with Helms and Air Force
officials yet still had reservations.
"At a time when the military is facing a crisis of sexual
assault, making a decision that sends a message which dissuades
reporting of sexual assaults, supplants the finding of a jury,
contradicts the advice of counsel and further victimizes a
survivor of sexual assault is unacceptable," said McCaskill, a
member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
McCaskill's hold effectively prevents the Senate from approving
Helms' nomination.
In February 2012, Helms rejected the recommendation of legal
counsel and overturned the conviction of an Air Force captain
who had been found guilty of aggravated sexual assault of a
female lieutenant.
McCaskill explained her objections in a statement in the
Congressional Record on Thursday.
"Lt. Gen. Helms has a record of more than thirty years of
distinguished military service, in which she became the first
American military woman in space, among other significant
achievements. Her career is to be celebrated," McCaskill said.
"However, I continue to have deep concerns with Lt. Gen. Helms'
decision, while a commander and courts-martial convening
authority, to overturn the jury verdict of a military court
martial in which the jury found an Air Force officer guilty of
sexual assault. She made this decision against the advice of her
staff judge advocate."
The Helms' situation echoes another Air Force case that has
outraged members of Congress and prompted them to move swiftly
on legislation that would strip commanders of the authority to
overturn convictions.
Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin, commander of the 3rd Air Force at
Ramstein Air Base in Germany, overturned a conviction against
Lt. Col. James Wilkerson, a former inspector general at Aviano
Air Base in Italy.
Wilkerson had been found guilty last Nov. 2 of charges of
abusive sexual contact, aggravated sexual assault and three
instances of conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman.
The incident had involved a civilian employee.
Wilkerson was sentenced to a year in prison and dismissal from
the service. But after a review of the case Franklin overturned
the conviction.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/07/senator-blocks-air-
force-officer-nomination/?intcmp=obinsite
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