Navy nominee seeks to clarify remark
The woman nominated to be the No. 2 civilian in the Navy is seeking to clarify a statement she made on sexual assault in the military that sparked outrage among victim advocacy groups.
Jo Ann Rooney, tapped by President Barack Obama to be the next undersecretary of the Navy, says she never meant to suggest military commanders shouldn’t weigh the evidence when deciding whether to prosecute allegations of sexual assault.
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