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  • Military Sexual Assault Crisis Prompts Congress to Act
    May 17, 2013 - "A lower-level chain of command decision can result in extreme bias and extreme pressure," Turner said in an interview in his Capitol Hill office. Turner favors legislation that would move the adjudication decision on sexual assault to higher-ranking military officers then hold them to account if th... More
  • New bill would boost penalties on IRS lawbreakers
    May 13, 2013 - “Across the country, people are appalled to learn the IRS targeted people because of their political beliefs,” the Ohio Republican told POLITICO. “These are issues of basic rights of expression.” New bill would boost penalties on IRS lawbreakers By:Ginger Gibson May 13, 2013 05:20 AM EDT http://www.... More
  • Military Sexual Assaults Spike Despite Efforts To Combat Epidemic
    May 8, 2013 - Molly O'Toole Huffington Post Sexual assaults occurred at an average of more than 70 per day in the United States military during 2012, according to an annual report released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Defense. Reports of sexual assault in the military rose during October 2011 through Septem... More
  • Turner, Tsongas Bill to Address Sexual Assault
    May 8, 2013 - Reps. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, and Niki Tsongas, D-Mass., are proposing stripping an officer's authority to change or dismiss a court-martial conviction in major cases, such as sexual assault. Their bill would also require that an individual found guilty of rape, sexual assault, forcible sodomy and an a... More
  • Congressman Mike Turner Condemns the Alleged Actions by Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski
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  • Politicians tout Ohio/Indiana as designated UAV test site
    May 6, 2013 - By: Joe Cogliano, Senior Reporter U.S. Rep Mike Turner is leading a Congressional group in lobbying the FAA for one of six unmanned aircraft test sites. The letter to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said the Ohio/Indiana Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center & Test Complex meets FAA requirements and... More
  • Outraged lawmakers look to change military justice
    Apr 30, 2013 - By DONNA CASSATA | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Outrage over an Air Force officer's decision to overturn a jury's guilty verdict in a sexual assault case has Republicans and Democrats joining forces on ambitious legislation to change the military justice system. On both sides of the Capitol, l... More
  • Capitol Corridors
    Apr 15, 2013 - By Jessica Wehrman Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Reps. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, and Niki Tsongas, D-Mass., sent a letter last week reacting with anger to the news that a commander overturned an Air Force officer’s court-martial conviction for sexual assault, sending a letter to Defense Secretary Chu... More
  • Lawmakers seek more changes to military's sexual assault policies
    Apr 14, 2013 - By Jeremy Herb A fight is looming in Congress and the Pentagon over the military's sexual assault policies, even after lawmakers applauded Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's proposed changes this week to the military’s judicial code. Hagel’s recommendation to strip military commanders’ ability to dism... More
  • EDITORIAL: Shoot, look, shoot
    Apr 5, 2013 - By: The Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/4/shoot-look-shoot/#ixzz2PbJQPYSP The White House can put aside global warming hysteria. Nuclear proliferation among rogue nations is the real worry, but President Obama isn't persuaded. He has been making sleepy-time choices. No... More