Buck McKeon whines that it's "uncomfortable" to talk about rape in the military. [View all]

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Victims tell him it's far more uncomfortable to be raped!

“We have indentified 59 victims,” General Edward Rice, USAF Air Education and Training Command told members of the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday morning who were conducting a hearing at the Rayburn Office Building into the Lackland Air Force Base sexual assault scandal.

Following a nine month investigation involving 550 investigators and 7,700 surveys, USAF Chief of Staff, General Mark A. Welsh III, testified that out of 46 recommended changes 45 would be instituted to prevent sexual assaults from happening in the future. Only 23 have been put into place so far and the other 22 are expected in November, according to Welsh.

The 46 recommendations could either be viewed as encouraging (so much is being done) or horrifying (so much has to be done).

However, for Congresswoman Jackie Speier, (CA-14) the number that should really stand out is “one.”

As in, not one of the 59 victims was allowed to testify at the hearing.

As in, not one of the 59 victims was consulted when crafting the 46 recommendations.

“How could any of those recommendations be complete without first having talked to at least some of the victims?” asked Speier.. She went on to admonish Gen. Rice for not even responding to a November 16, 2012 letter she written to him asking for the victims to be interviewed.

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