Murray questions AF about retaliation against sex assault victims
During a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing today, Sen. Patty Murray questioned Air Force officials about reports that nearly two-thirds of military women who reported sexual assaults were retaliated against by their commanders.
The answer by Gen. Mark Welsh, Air Force chief of staff, "we have to investigate that extensively." He also said the Air Force is looking at how to change its organizational structure.
At the beginning of the clip, Murray, D-Wash., offers condolences for the recent loss of the KC-135 tanker with the Fairchild Air Force Base crew over Kyrgyzstan and gets in a plug for bringing the first squadrons of new tankers to the West Plains base.
Welsh said the decision on the first base for the new tankers is expected later this month.
