‘I Have a Moral Responsibility to Come Forward’: Colonel Accuses Top Military Nominee of Assault Trigger Warning: This article contains information and details about sexual assault and/or violence, which may be upsetting to survivors. WASHINGTON — Col. Kathryn A. Spletstoser of the Army says she had returned to her hotel room and was putting on face cream on the night of Dec. 2, 2017, after a full day at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum in California, when her boss, Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, the commander of United States Strategic Command, knocked on her door and said he...