{UAH} Obams's Secret Service agents -sent home

Three elite Secret Service agents in Obama's advance team are sent home and suspended after getting DRUNK in Amsterdam

By Snejana Farberov

PUBLISHED: 02:58 GMT, 26 March 2014 | UPDATED: 10:50 GMT, 26 March 2014

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Three U.S. Secret Service agents tasked with protecting President Barack Obama on his trip to the G7 summit in the Netherlands were sent home and suspended after a night of drinking, it was revealed today.

The Washington Post broke the news Tuesday, reporting that one of the agents in question was found passed out in a hotel hallway Sunday morning.

When the U.S. Embassy in Amsterdam learned of the incident from the management of the hotel, the agents' superiors responsible for the president's travel plans were immediately notified.

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Scandal: Three of President Barack Obama's Secret Service agents (not pictured) were disciplined and sent home from the Netherlands after getting drunk in a hotel a day before the commander-in-chief's arrival Monday

On Tuesday, Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan confirmed to the newspaper that the federal agency 'did send three employees home for disciplinary reasons.'

The unnamed agents were placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.

Anonymous sources familiar with the embarrassing episode told The Post that the agents are members of the elite Counter Assault Team.

The Secret Service staffers allegedly got sloshed the day before Mr Obama arrived in the Netherlands for the high-level G7 talks with other world leaders to discuss the crisis in Crimea.

The incident comes on the heels of a 2012 scandal where a dozen Secret Service agents hired prostitutes in Cartagena, Columbia, during preparations for President Obama's visit to the South American country.

 

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In the aftermath of the reported debauchery, Julie Pierson was named the first female director of the male-dominated Secret Service last March.

In a bid to change the culture of the agency, the Secret Service has adopted a new set of rules that prohibit any staffer from consuming alcohol 10 hours prior to being on duty while on an official trip.

The agents at the center of this latest controversy were part of a large entourage consisting of military and State Department personnel sent as an advance team to prepare for President Obama's week-long trip to Europe and Saudi Arabia.

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Official entourage: The agents in question were members of a large team of Secret Service, the military and State Department personnel who were sent ahead to make preparations for the president's week-long trip

A source told the paper that one of the agents caught drinking just hours before a briefing Sunday was a 'team leader.'

The Counter Assault Team is considered the most elite of all Secret Service units, its highly trained members responsible for protecting the president if he comes under attack.

Secret Service Director Pierson traveled aboard Air Force One with Mr Obama and is expected to accompany him to the Middle East on the next leg of his trip.

According to the president’s official schedule, Mr Obama began his visit to the Netherlands Monday morning with a tour of the Rijksmuseum, followed by meetings with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Later in the day, Mr Obama took part in the Nuclear Security Summit in the World Forum at The Hague and attended a meeting with G-7 leaders.

The Secret Service says the Sunday incident incident hasn’t compromised Obama’s security. Obama left the Netherlands late Tuesday for Brussels.

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