最大限の品位

最近のニュースより
オバマ米大統領の警備を担当するシークレットサービス（警護隊）の隊員１１人が事前準備に訪れたコロンビアで買春し、金銭トラブルとなった不祥事が波紋を広げている。
８００ドル（約６万５千円）で合意したが、翌朝、現地通貨で約３０ドルまで値切ったという。このため怒った女性が廊下で騒ぎ出し、最終的に約２２５ドルを支払ったが、地元警察から大使館に通報され、不祥事が発覚した。

　一歩間違えば大統領警備の機密情報が流出しかねなかった大失態の責任を問われ、すでに６人が退職、同じホテルに宿泊したグリーンベレー隊員ら１１人にも疑惑が飛び火。要人警護への信頼が失墜しているという。

オバマさんのお言葉
Obama said the agents represent the United States and are supposed to conduct themselves with the highest levels of dignity anywhere in the world. "Obviously, what's been reported doesn't match up to those standards," Obama said in a news conference wrapping his appearance at a Latin America summit.

On Sunday, Obama called for an investigation of the alleged incident.
"What happened here in Colombia is being investigated by the director of the Secret Service," Obama said. "I expect that investigation to be thorough and I expect it to be rigorous," the president told reporters in his first public reaction to the controversy. "If it turns out that some of the allegations that have been made in the press are confirmed, then of course I'll be angry."