It was created in 2015 in accordance with the act in 2015 as amended. Our mandate is to advise the secretary of defense on investigation, prosecution of allegations of Sexual Assault and other Sexual Misconduct involving members of the armed forces. Please note that todays meeting is being transcribed. A complete written transcribe will be posted on the website. Todays meeting will begin with the dac ipads fiscal 2018 for acquittal rates of Sexual Assault in the military based on case documents from all military Sexual Assault cases closed during the fiscal year. Next, staff director will provide an overview of the Draft Department of defense report on allegations of misconstruct. This draft report was submitted to the dac ipad in fulfillment of the Defense Authorization act for fiscal year 2019. Following the overview of the report, Service Representatives involved in the report, drafting and Data Collection will appear before the committee to answer questions about the data, and the
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Good morning, general. This afternoon with the panels so we will get the perspective of the Service Organization chiefs regarding conviction acquittal rates, case adjudication process and victim declination. I suspect we might hear something slightly different that we heard this morning but staff, could you keep this up, please. Based on the responses we put together questions and i will read the first one. This is the referral process. The defense rfi responses indicate the victim preference may play an outsized role in whether or not a Sexual Assault case goes to trial. What consideration or weight should the convening Authority Given to victims wishes regarding the disposition of a Sexual Assault case . Colonel bennetts, could you start us off . [laughter] obviously, the voice of the victim is something that should be considered but when we get too much weight to it and when the wishes and desires of the victim are going to overwhelm what the evidence should support if you have no k
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Campaign 2020. Watch our live coverage of the president ial candidates on the campaign trail and make up your own mind, cspans campaign 2020, youre an filtered view of politics. Welcome to the 16th annual roosevelt reading festival. My name is Kirsten Carter and im her head of the archives department. We are pleased to host such Wonderful Group of authors this year, one of our favorite events. If you enjoy this event and would like to support the library we encourage you to become a member and you can do that online anytime or by signing up at the table in the hallway today. Let me remind you how the festival works. We are going to have another speak now for 30 minutes followed by a 10 minute question and answer period and then i will walk the author out to the front of the Visitor Center to sign books and you can purchase the book in our new deal bookstore and meet the author and discuss the book even more. O today is Sandra Bolzenius teacher and historian. For two decades she lived a