[ti:US Secret Service Director Resigns]
[ar:Christopher Cruise]
[al:In The News]
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[00:06.35]From VOA Learning English,
[00:09.62]this is In The News.
[00:12.60]The head of the security force
[00:15.19]guarding the president of the United States resigned this week.
[00:20.66]Secret Service Director Julia Pierson
[00:24.11]offered her resignation on Wednesday,
[00:26.77]a day after she faced a United States congressional committee.
[00:31.94]Committee members spoke with her at length
[00:35.09]about an incident two weeks ago at the White House.
[00:39.14]They wanted to know how a man was able to jump over a fence
[00:45.24]and get deep inside the presidential home.
[00:49.40]President Barack Obama and his family were not in the building at the time.
[00:55.39]The Secret Service has said the suspect, Omar Gonzalez,
[01:01.11]was arrested just inside the main entrance to the White House.
[01:05.99]Officials at first said he was unarmed.
[01:09.58]But it was later learned he was carrying a knife.
[01:14.85]Omar Gonzalez formerly served in the U.S. military.
[01:19.70]He is now 42-years old and homeless, having no permanent place to live.
[01:28.25]Last month, a judge ordered him held without bail,
[01:33.37]barring any possibility of release before action on his case.
[01:39.57]At the court hearing, government lawyers said
[01:44.49]that investigators found ammunition,
[01:47.54]two hatchets and a long knife inside his vehicle.
[01:53.40]They also said he was stopped, but not arrested, in August,
[01:59.86]after he walked past the White House with a hatchet.
[02:04.32]A month earlier, he was arrested in Virginia
[02:08.99]after state police found weapons in his car.
[02:13.22]On Tuesday, members of Congress sharply questioned Julia Pierson.
[02:20.45]She admitted that the Secret Service had made missteps.
[02:26.15]"It's clear that our security plan was not properly executed.
[02:30.23]This is unacceptable, and I take full responsibility,
[02:33.32]and I will make sure that it does not happen again."
[02:36.05]She was also asked about another incident.
[02:40.11]In 2011, gunfire hit the White House.
[02:44.49]But it took days for the Secret Service
[02:48.14]to discover that the building had been hit.
[02:51.96]Several lawmakers blamed Ms. Pierson for sending mixed signals
[02:57.97]about whether agents could use deadly force
[03:02.74]if they felt the president is in danger.
[03:05.78]Some said the height of the White House fence was not the problem.
[03:11.48]They noted that several levels of security
[03:15.59]failed to stop the fence-jumper until he had crossed the grounds,
[03:21.53]opened the door, and run through the main floor of the White House.
[03:28.40]Hours after the committee hearing,
[03:32.75]news media began reporting about another security breach.
[03:38.27]It involved an armed security guard with a criminal record.
[03:44.54]He reportedly stood just centimeters from President Obama last month.
[03:51.35]The incident took place during the president's visit
[03:55.36]to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia.
[04:01.38]A presidential spokesman told reporters
[04:05.17]that Mr. Obama learned of the incident shortly before it was made public.
[04:12.38]Spokesman Josh Earnest said the president continues
[04:17.04]to have complete trust in the Secret Service.
[04:21.43]He said Mr. Obama accepted Ms. Pierson's resignation
[04:26.07]because he agreed with her judgment that it was in the best interest of the agency.
[04:33.36]"They reached that conclusion because of the recent
[04:38.52]and accumulating reports about the performance of the agency,
[04:41.00]and that is what led the president to believe that new leadership is required."
[04:45.61]The press secretary said President Obama spoke by telephone to Ms. Pierson
[04:51.92]and expressed thanks for her 30 years with the Secret Service.
[04:57.51]A short time later, Homeland Security Director Jeh Johnson
[05:03.16]announced her replacement.
[05:05.14]He is Joseph Clancy, a former Secret Service special agent.
[05:11.62]In a statement, Mr. Johnson noted how Secret Service agents
[05:17.34]protected the president and 140 visiting heads of state
[05:22.53]without incident last weekend.
[05:25.21]They were in New York for the United Nations General Assembly.
[05:30.77]Mr. Johnson added that,
[05:33.81]"no other protection service in the world could have done this."
[05:39.12]And that's In The News from VOA Learning English.
[05:45.41]I'm Christopher Cruise.
[05:47.59]And now, Words in This Story
[05:51.95]security – adj. freedom from danger or harm; protecting
[05:59.40]jump – v. to push down on the feet and move up quickly into the air
[06:08.04]suspect – v. to imagine or believe that someone is guilty of something bad or illegal
[06:17.94]suspect - n. a person believed to be guilty
[06:24.33]hatchet – n. a small axe; a tool used for cutting wood
[06:32.31]breach – n. breaking or failing to obey a law or agreement
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