Senate, Armed Services Committee, Hearing to Receive Testimony on Sexual Assaults in the Military, Sexual Assault in the Military, Part 2U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Armed Services, 113th Cong., 1st sess., March 13, 2013, C-SPAN, streaming video, 2:05:36
Senior military legal officials testified before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel about sexual assault in the military. The committee focused on a senior Air Force commander’s decision to overturn an assault conviction against an Air Force captain. Defense Secretary Hagel had begun a review of that decision and the policy allowing senior commanders to overturn sexual assault convictions by courts-martial.
Gary S. Patton, Director Department of Defense- Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office
Vaughn A. Ary, Staff Judge Advocate U.S. Marine Corps- Office of the Commandant
Kelly A. Ayotte, U.S. Senator [R] New Hampshire
Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Senator [D] Connecticut
Dana K. Chipman, Judge Advocate General U.S. Army
Nanette M. DeRenzi, Judge Advocate General U.S. Navy
Kirsten E. Gillibrand, U.S. Senator [D] New York
Lindsey Graham, U.S. Senator [R] South Carolina
Richard C. Harding, Judge Advocate General U.S. Air Force
Mazie Hirono, U.S. Senator [D] Hawaii
Frederick J. Kenney, Jr. Judge Advocate General U.S. Coast Guard
Carl Levin, U.S. Senator [D] Michigan
Claire McCaskill, U.S. Senator [D] Missouri
Robert S. Taylor, Acting General Counsel Department of Defense