On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 20:33:26 GMT, Otis Willie
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Senators Fault Air Force on Abuse Scandal

(EXCERPT) Service's Leaders Defend Their Record at Contentious
Hearing, by Vernon Loeb Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday,
October 1, 2003; Page A21

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....

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep30.html
October 1, 2003
When McCain asked whether Walker had removed, from her internal
review, findings about headquarters missteps in 2000 with regard
to sexual misconduct at the Academy, as alleged in a recent press
account, she said, "I don't remember."

McCain replied, "We're in the dog-ate-my-homework, not-on-my-watch
defense."

Sen. Susan M. Collins (R-Maine), questioning Roche and Walker,
ticked off a long list of reports citing sexual misconduct
problems at the academy throughout the 1990s. She asked how their
internal review could have concluded that there had been no
"systemic mistreatment" of female cadets or acceptance of attacks
by school officials.

"I can't think of a clearer pattern," Collins said, "of
institutional avoidance of responsibility."


"Stonewalling it" in the face of the facts is a foolish last-gasp
effort to forestall victim restitution, that will only further erode
USAF credibility.


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