will follow? and on our system they won t dishonor? i mean, this is the same party that cried foul and blocked obama s pick for the supreme court in february 2016. it s an election year, they cried. the election was nine months away. but they didn t blink before putting amy coney barrett on the bench only weeks before the 2020 election. and then there is the reality that watch she s warning might happen at a national level is already happening in states like hers, in arizona. as ari berman front mother jones pointed out, republican state by state or making it harder to vote on simple majority party line votes. but and kyrsten sinema joe manchin sits on the right to have a bipartisan supermajority to protect voting rights. it s a total, asymmetric warfare, he says. and he s right. it appears some senators agree with that. here s democrat mazie hirono of hawaii this morning on cnn. g on cnn that s where he s at.
academy at west point. it went on for nearly three years. his job, to mentor and train cadets. the sergeant s conduct was discovered last year. after a criminal investigation, he is now charged with indecent conduct, dereliction of duty, cruelty, and maltreatment. the story was first reported by the new york times. it s the latest in a series of high-profile cases of sexual misconduct in the military. president obama is outraged and vowing to crack down on assaults. he has zero tolerance for sexual assault in the military and that he believes that it is that those who participate in it dishonor the uniform they wear. reporter: defense secretary chuck hagel says, accountability must improve. starting with some of the questions about victims saying, and rightfully so, that they didn t feel their commanders were accountable, enough to be able to come forward and
president obama is outraged and vowing to crackdown on assaults. he has zero tolerance for sexual assault in the military and believe that those who participate in it dishonor the uniform they wear. reporter: chuck hagel says accountability must improve. starting with some of the questions about victims saying, and rightfully so, that they didn t feel their commanders were accountable enough to be able to come forward and register a complaint. reporter: at ft. hood, texas, another sergeant first class who worked on preventing sexual assaults is under criminal investigation by the army for allegedly trying to force a female soldier into prostitution as well as abusive sexual contact and maltreatment of subordinates. an air force lieutenant colonel was arrested on sexual battery charges for allegedly groping a woman near the pentagon where he worked on sexual assault