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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) (C) speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on April 29, 2021 in Washington, DC. A bipartisan group of Senators gathered in support of the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act, which would move the decision to prosecute a member of the military from the chain of command to independent, trained, professional military prosecutors. Image credit: Stefani Reynolds
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Home/News from NPR/Bill To Combat Sexual Assault In Military Finally Has Votes To Pass, Senators Say
The bill, long-championed by New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, would dramatically reshape how the military addresses assault cases by removing them from the chain of command.
Bill To Combat Sexual Assault In Military Finally Has Votes To Pass, Senators Say
By Claudia Grisales
May 6, 2021
In a breakthrough for an eight-year-long effort, two senators behind legislation to revamp the way the military handles sexual assault cases and other serious crimes say the bill has the bipartisan votes to gain passage.
New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Ernst said on Wednesday that the legislation would, for the first time, move cases out of the chain of command to trained, military prosecutors. Such cases would remain under military oversight, but instead be handled by criminal justice attorneys with relevant expertise, as opposed to commanders who often
By MAY ZHOU in Houston | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-05-05 11:39 Share CLOSE Bernard Loeffke with China s swimming national champion in 1980 while serving at the US embassy in Beijing. PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY
Bernard Loeffke, retired US Army major general, motivated by own experiences
While this year marks the 50th anniversary of Ping-Pong Diplomacy, which was started by American and Chinese table tennis players and led to sports and cultural exchanges between the two nations, retired US Army Major General Bernard Loeffke remembers how it was before then.
During the Vietnam War, the 1957 graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point was wounded by Vietnamese forces, who were trained and equipped by Chinese.
A matter of ethics
BC undergraduates advanced to the finals at the 25th annual Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl
Senior philosophy major Caroline Gillette and biochemistry major and Bioethics Society of Boston College president Angela McCarthy were among the undergraduates who made BC s first trip to the IEB finals this semester. (Lee Pellegrini)
Should some social media content be censored? How should PPE for COVID be apportioned among patients and medical staff? Ethical questions abound these days and some Boston College undergraduates have taken their interest in grappling with them to a competitive level.
Last fall, the students participated in the regional portion of the 25th annual Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, sponsored by the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, an international organization focused on advancing scholarship, education, and practice in both areas. The BC contingent placed fifth, thereby joining teams from 35 other American colleges and universities
The Army and Navy academies are looking into hand signs flashed by students that can be associated with “white power" and were televised during the Army-Navy football game on Saturday, school officials said.