Barack Obama: ‘Of course I’ll be angry’ if prostitute accusations are true

When Obama took a question about the topic, he was standing next to Colombian
President Juan Manuel Santos.

Obama tried to put the controversy in context by lauding the agents who
protect his life.

“These men and women perform extraordinary service on a day-to-day basis
protecting me, my family, US officials,” Obama said. “They do very
hard work under stressful circumstances and almost invariably do an
outstanding job. So I’m very grateful.”

He said he would reserve judgment until the investigation is done.

Five US military service members were also alleged to have been involved in
the incident.

The Secret Service agents at the center of the allegations had stayed at
Cartagena’s five-star Hotel Caribe. The 11 employees in question were
special agents and Uniformed Division Officers. None were assigned to
directly protect Obama.

The scandal probably is not an isolated incident, a leading House Republican
said Sunday.

California Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of a House investigative panel, said he
wasn’t certain whether Congress would hold hearings on the misconduct. But
lawmakers will be looking “over the shoulder” of the Secret
Service, he said, to make sure that the agency’s methods for training and
screening agents aren’t endangering the nation’s VIPs.

“Things like this don’t happen once if they didn’t happen before,”
said Issa, who leads the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Appearing Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Issa said: “It’s
not about whether the president was in danger this time. It’s whether or not
you need to make changes so the American people can have confidence in all
of their workforce.”

Source: agencies

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