As Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's legislation removing the military chain of command from sexual-assault prosecutions gained support, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., pushed back on the Senate floor Wednesday, arguing that sexual-assault cases should remain in the military's chain of command. Levin and McCaskill are pushing other changes as well that Gillibrand, a New York Democrat, has said will make the situation better for sexual-assault victims in the armed forces. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea1hoRvv8d4 Votes on the competing proposals could come Wednesday evening, but no time had been set by mid-afternoon. (more…)
