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Originally Posted by Praxeas
Oh right....cry her a river why don't you? She is a politician and a very shrewd one. She has been around.
Even if she was right to correct the guy, how she did is not necessarily appropriate.
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People in the military are trained to refer to people higher in the chain of command as "sir" or "ma'am." It is certain that General Michael Walsh meant no disrespect to Senator Barbara Boxer when he referred to her in the same way that he would have referred to, say, a female Lt. General or even the President were the President a female. According to Hot Air's Allahpundit, General Walsh referred to the male Senators at the hearing as "sir" without receiving even a dirty look for any faux pas in protocol.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...e_senator.html
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