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Senators Won’t Drop Hold on Navy Under Secretary Nomination Due to Sexual Assault Comments

Mai Hanoon

Thursday, November 7th, 2013

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Two senators who placed a hold on the nomination of Jo Ann Rooney to be the next under secretary of the Navy made clear they would not lift that hold because of comments Rooney made during her nomination hearing about reporting and prosecuting cases of sexual assault in the military. “From my perspective, that testimony on this issue is prohibitive,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said during a press conference Wednesday. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) Gillibrand has been pushing for legislation…

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