Sanchez Opponent Says the Congresswoman Has Wrong Priorities

Pham, left, and ex-Gov. Pete Wilson

​"If I were serving on the House Armed Services Committee, I would focus more on pressing issues such as the training of Afghan forces and the recent [sex] scandal aboard the USS James E. Williams."

--Quang X. Pham, the Orange County businessman and ex-Marine who is challenging Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez in the upcoming election, reacts to yesterday's OC Weekly blog post about Sanchez's demands for tougher prosecutions of U.S. soldiers who rape women. The commander of the USS James E. Williams, a destroyer, was fired earlier this month after reports of crew fraternization and multiple sexual assaults.