Who is Kathy Hochul, New York's soon-to-be first female governor?
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When New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's resignation becomes effective in two weeks, Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul will replace him as the state's first female governor.
Cuomo, a Democrat, announced his impending resignation Tuesday, with his eventual impeachment seeming all but certain in the wake of a New York attorney general report that found he sexually harassed 11 women. Cuomo denied acting inappropriately, but said he would step down to "let government get back to governing." Under New York state law, in the event of a governor's resignation, the lieutenant governor becomes the person in charge.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.