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Congresswoman Jackie Speier: General Misconduct

Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) rights for the Huffington Post:

“Cheater,” “bribe taker,” “skirt chaser” and “drunk” should not be the first words that come to mind when you think of the U.S. military.

But a series of scandals involving the military’s top brass have brought to light just a bizarre and seemingly unethical culture that pervades what should be America’s finest institutions.

We’ve learned that “the wheels would come off” if Air Force General David Uhrich didn’t have his vodka, and that he was engaged in other unlawful conduct. Army Brigadier General Schweitzer was sending emails about the hotness of one member of Congress, and bragging to his superiors in an email about the number of times he masturbated after his meeting with her.

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