From all five branches of the military talk about Sexual Assault during an Advisory Committee meeting. Thank you for joining us this morning. Theill be looking at convention acquittal rates and victim declamation. Hank you [indiscernible] and its implementing rule for courtmartial provide an effective check against charges for which there is no probable cause . I think for the past several years the procedural requirements have diminished greatly, and one significant changeis the statutory to eliminate the requirement for victims that testify. Thatresult, in many cases is the most significant evidence in most cases where a victim chooses not to testify, the government is making its case based on the file. I will say that those changes over time have reduced the procedural requirements of article 32 but i still think it is a valuable check. An experienced judge advocate looking at the case and that the evidence. There is also the opportunity for the defense to present evidence, and as a
It was created in 2015 in accordance with the act in 2015 as amended. Our mandate is to advise the secretary of defense on investigation, prosecution of allegations of Sexual Assault and other Sexual Misconduct involving members of the armed forces. Please note that todays meeting is being transcribed. A complete written transcribe will be posted on the website. Todays meeting will begin with the dac ipads fiscal 2018 for acquittal rates of Sexual Assault in the military based on case documents from all military Sexual Assault cases closed during the fiscal year. Next, staff director will provide an overview of the Draft Department of defense report on allegations of misconstruct. This draft report was submitted to the dac ipad in fulfillment of the Defense Authorization act for fiscal year 2019. Following the overview of the report, Service Representatives involved in the report, drafting and Data Collection will appear before the committee to answer questions about the data, and the
[indiscernible] and its implementing rule for courtmartial provide an effective check against charges for which there is no probable cause . I think for the past several years the procedural requirements have diminished greatly, and one significant changeis the statutory to eliminate the requirement for victims that testify. Thatresult, in many cases is the most significant evidence in most cases where a victim chooses not to testify, the government is making its case based on the file. I will say that those changes over time have reduced the procedural requirements of article 32 but i still think it is a valuable check. An experienced judge advocate looking at the case and that the evidence. There is also the opportunity for the defense to present evidence, and as a former staff i have seen even in those diminished proceedings where an article 32 officer will make note or make findings that are relevant for me to consider and a highlight to the convening authority when i am providing
The economy. It will come as no surprise to you, chair yellen, that improving Economic Growth is a key priority for congress this year. 2016 was the 11th Consecutive Year that the u. S. Economy failed to grow by more than 3 . One way to improve our Economic Growth is it to study and address areas where regulations can be improved. Since the financial crisis regulators have imposed thousands of new pages of regulations. We all need to better understand the combined impact of these rules on lending, liquidity, cost for small Financial Institutions, and broader Economic Growth. It is time to reassess what is working and what is not. Im encouraged by President Trumps executive order on Core Principles for regulating the Financial System. Directing the treasury secretary in consultation with the heads of the other member agencies of asoc including you to report on how well existing laws and regulations promote or inhibit Economic Growth will be a helpful step as we move forward. Financial r
President obama, you may remember earlier this month declared Venezuela National security threat. Find out why, and the reasons leading up to it. Tomorrows washington journal starts at 7 00 a. M. See you then. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] next, the chair of the fcc, tom wheeler, anna house hearing on a house hearing. Then deputy secretary of state blinken. Later, defense secretary Ashton Carter on isis and other security issues. The chair of the fcc, tom wheeler, testified at a House Oversight hearing on tuesday on a recent open internet vote. It is that he was pressured into changing his stance on Net Neutrality. Last month of vote approved new rules to prohibit internet providers from blocking or discriminating against content moving through their network. This is two hours and 45 minutes. Representative chaffertz good m