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Senators Fault Air Force on Abuse Scandal; Service's Leaders Defend Their Record at Contentious Hearing
From:
The Washington Post
| Date:
October 1, 2003| Author:
Vernon Loeb
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The top civilian and military leaders of the Air Force yesterday
defended their handling of the sexual assault scandal at the Air
Force Academy, saying they would have forcefully intervened to
protect female cadets much earlier if they had been made aware of
serious sexual misconduct problems at the elite military college in
Colorado Springs.
But Air Force Secretary James G. Roche, Air Force Chief of Staff
Gen. John P. Jumper and Mary L. Walker, the Air Force general
counsel, encounte...
