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Originally posted by Niki2:
Somebody needs to clean up this attitude; certainly it's been around since way before Obama, but I'd like to see him do some house cleaning and put some people on checking out ALL the departments. When we hear idiotic things like this, AND like the lack of oversight and corruption before the Gulf Spill, as well as the various monetary scandals in administrations by both parties, it should be a wake-up call that there should be more oversight and it's gotten bad enough that every part of the government should be checked out to change the attitude!

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Amid calls by some Republicans for a broader congressional-led investigation, the official was also quick to defend the government's internal review process and the role of the Secret Service's Office of Professional Responsibility in dealing with that agency...

Sen. Chuck Grassley -- the top Republican in his chamber's Judiciary Committee, which was briefed Wednesday by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on the Colombia scandal -- said the KIRO report "only reaffirms the need for independent investigations by the (Homeland Security Department's independent) inspector general."
"There are rumors flying about various incidents over several years about the conduct of Secret Service personnel, as well as other law enforcement and military personnel in locations around the world," the Iowa Republican said. "The only way to put to rest the rumors of a much wider problem is for the allegations to receive transparent and independent reviews."
Another Republican on that committee, Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, called for Congress itself to investigate "as part of our oversight responsibilities."
But Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat and Judiciary Committee member, disagreed and said Napolitano's investigation needs to come first.

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