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Amelia Buzzard's avatar

This isn't really related to the main point of the essay, but that was a beautiful note at the bottom about the Samaritan woman's parallel in the OT. Makes me think too of the book of Hosea, in which God commands Hosea to marry a harlot as a prophetic representation of God's unfailing mercy.

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Eric Rasmusen's avatar

Maybe it won't be as bad as I thought. Senator Warren's questions aren't so very tough:

1. How many times have you been accused of sexually harassing or sexually assaulting

another individual? Provide a list of all the instances in which you have been accused

of sexually harassing or sexually assaulting an individual and the behavior of which

you were accused.

2. Did you report the accusation that you had raped “Jane Doe”65 to the Trump

transition team before you were announced as the Secretary of Defense nominee?

3. Why did you ask “Jane Doe” to sign a non-disclosure agreement after she accused

you of raping her in October 2017?66

a. Have you requested, or has anyone requested on your behalf, anyone else sign

a non-disclosure agreement regarding your conduct?

b. Will you voluntarily release any individual from non-disclosure agreements

that they have with you before your nomination hearing?

4. Your attorney has threatened to sue “Jane Doe.”67 What message do you think this

sends to women who are serving or will serve in the military and are afraid to report

sexual harassment or assault?

5. Did you at any time during your tenure at CVA classify the women at the

organization as “the ‘party girls’ and the ‘not party girls.’”?68 Were you aware of

others using this classification?

https://www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_to_mrpetehegseth.pdf

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