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Military Personnel Not Facing Criminal Charges In Secret Service Prostitution Scandal

The Associated Press has learned that seven Army soldiers and two Marines are receiving administrative punishments, but are not facing criminal charges, for their part in the Secret Service prostitution scandal in Colombia this year.

2012/07/18

Barack Obama in Chicago (Photo by JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/GettyImages)

Opinion: Obama Visits Bring Hefty Price Tag

The President’s visits often come with a hefty price tag for cities in both security costs and time misspent by police forces.

2012/06/18

File photo of former Vice President Dick Cheney. (credit: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

High Court Protects Secret Service Agents In Man’s Confrontation With Cheney

The Supreme Court has ruled that two Secret Service agents are shielded from a lawsuit filed by a man they arrested after a confrontation with then-Vice President Dick Cheney.

2012/06/04

Mark Sullivan, director of the Secret Service, listens during a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on May 23, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/GettyImages)

Secret Service Agent Fired In 2008 Over Washington Prostitution Scandal

Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan says an agent was fired in 2008 after being caught in a Washington prostitution scandal.

2012/05/23

DEA Agents Face Allegations Of Soliciting Colombian Prostitutes

Three agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency have been accused of soliciting prostitutes in Colombia.

2012/05/21

Key House Figure Refuses Meeting With Prostitute

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is refusing to meet with a Colombian prostitute involved in the U.S. Secret Service scandal.

2012/05/14

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Homeland Security Committee Chair Says Accused Secret Service Agent Failed Polygraph

A key House chairman says one of the Secret Service agents accused of wrongdoing in the Colombia prostitution scandal failed a lie detector test.

2012/05/04

President Barack Obama, surrounded by Secret Service agents, walks away after a visit to the Port of Tampa on April 13, 2012 in Tampa, Fla. (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Secret Service Agents To Get Ethics Training Following Prostitution Scandal

U.S. Secret Service agents will be getting ethics training from professors at Johns Hopkins University following a prostitution scandal in Colombia.

2012/05/01

Prostitution Scandal Reveals Shortage Of Female Secret Service Agents

Secret Service agents are often portrayed in popular culture as disciplined, unflappable, loyal — and male. A spiraling prostitution scandal that has highlighted the dearth of women in the agency that protects the president and dignitaries has many wondering: Would more females in the ranks prevent future dishonor?

2012/04/30