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President Joe Biden on Friday ordered a historic change to the Uniform Code of Military Justice by transferring key decision-making authorities outside the military chain of command in cases of sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, murder and other serious crimes.

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago

He said he didn’t “want to bore you with detail here,” but that basically,

“I know it may not sound like much,” Kirby said

The headline grabbed my support. This lines cooled my excitement. Thoughts from others? I feel like maybe the headline isn't as much of a grand slam when I see this kind of waffling.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Saying "key decision-making authorities" sounds like exactly that: key positions. Moving key existing positions out of conflict of interest.

To finish your quote:

He said he didn’t “want to bore you with detail here,” but that basically, “this change required a completely different shift in the way these crimes are investigated and prosecuted by taking them outside the chain of command, which already had existing protocols in place in existing judicial system.”

That really explains it, I don't know why you cut it off.

“I know it may not sound like much,” Kirby said, “but it’s a big change to the way the military did it.”

Why did you cut these off where you did?

[-] Hyggyldy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Editing quotes like he's Alex Jones.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

I think my brain panicked when I saw the start of that first sentence and went into scan mode. Good reminder to read to completion before voicing an opinion. Thanks!

[-] hark@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That's the kind of vibe I get from most of the Biden administration's actions. They make for great lists of actions to show that they're doing something, but in practice how effective is it really?

[-] mayo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Did you read the article or just the comment about the headline? OP doesn't appear to have read the article.

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