Sen. Martha McSally — a retired Air Force pilot who revealed this year that she was raped by a superior officer — came out with a staunch defense of Air Force Gen. John Hyten, the president’s nominee to be vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
The general nominated to be the nation's No. 2 military officer got a boost at the outset of his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, as Sen. Martha McSally came to his defense and called allegations of sexual assault levied against him “false.”
Army Col. Kathryn Spletstoser, who worked for Hyten, accused the general of unwanted sexual advances and said he attempted to derail her career when she declined his advances. After detailing her allegations anonymously in interviews, Spletstoser went public in an interview with The New York Times late last week.
Now the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, Hyten categorically denied the allegations in his opening statement.
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