Colonel Accuses Top Military Nominee of Assault (NYT)

[dalton99a]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/us/politics/hyten-assault-joint-chiefs.html

‘I Have a Moral Responsibility to Come Forward’: Colonel Accuses Top Military Nominee of Assault
By Helene Cooper
July 26, 2019

WASHINGTON — Army Col. Kathryn A. Spletstoser says she had returned to her hotel room and was putting on face cream on the night of Dec. 2, 2017, after a full day at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum in California, when her boss, Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, the commander of United States Strategic Command, knocked on her door and said he wanted to talk to her.

The military’s itinerary of General Hyten’s movements that day in Simi Valley, which was viewed by The New York Times, said he was having “executive time.” Colonel Spletstoser said in an interview this week that her boss “sat on the bed in front of the TV and asked me to sit down next to him.”

According to her account, General Hyten reached for her hand. She became alarmed, and stood back up. He stood up too, she said, and pulled her to him and kissed her on the lips while pressing himself against her, then ejaculated, getting semen on his sweatpants and on her yoga pants.

In April, President Trump nominated General Hyten to be the next vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. If confirmed, he would become the country’s No. 2 military officer, helping to oversee the 1.2 million active-duty American troops at home and deployed around the world.

[keithbvadu2]

1. In Trump's eyes, that qualifies the general.

In Trump's eyes, that qualifies the general.

[albacore]

2. I think the general had been having "executive time" ... thinking about the colonel...

..a LOT.
Not making light of the situation, but... ejaculating after one (forced) kiss??
OMFG! In the Marines, we'd have called that "firing before he even got his rifle to his shoulder."

[gratuitous]

3. Totally off the topic, but . . .

The Reagan National Defense Forum? Named for a man who, when his country called, quickly found something else to occupy himself, then years later painted himself as a great patriot while naming names and running down others who did serve.