Tailhook scandal
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The Tailhook scandal was a military scandal in which United States (U.S.) Navy and U.S. Marine Corps aviation officers were alleged to have sexually assaulted up to 83 women and seven men, or otherwise engaged in "improper and indecent" conduct at the Las Vegas Hilton in Las Vegas, Nevada. The events took place at the 35th Annual Tailhook Association Symposium from September 5 to 8, 1991. The event was subsequently abbreviated as "Tailhook '91" in media accounts.
Chair of the 1991 Tailhook Association Symposium, Vice Admiral Richard Dunleavy
Rear Admiral Jack Snyder, commander of the Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River
Rear Admiral Duvall Williams, commander of the Naval Investigative Service
Les Aspin
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Leslie Aspin Jr. was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the U.S. representative for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district from 1971 to 1993 and as the 18th United States Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1994.
Les Aspin and President Clinton in at Admiral's Landing as they prepare to visit the USS Arizona Memorial (July 1993)
Speaking aboard USS Roosevelt in 1993
Aspin shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1993