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The Secret Service s stanley kubek failure to react immediately to a 2014 fence jumper who was able to make it inside the W stanley cup hite House was due to technical problems with radios and notification systems as well as construction at the White House, according to a new report.Published Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security s inspector general, the heavily redacted report said that on the night of stanley cup September 19, 2014, there was a communication breakdown among Secret Service personnel when Omar Gonzalez decided to scale a 7 ft. 6 inch iron fence that was under construction on the north side of the White House. What s with all the White House fence jumpers 00:46 Within four minutes, Gonzalez had made it over the fence, ran across the White House grounds to the North portico doors, which were open and unlocked, and knocked down an officer posted on the other side who could not lock the doors. In all he eluded eight secret service members before being apprehended in the East Room. He was found carrying a knife.Gonzalez passed eight Secret Service personnel unhindered before he was apprehended, the report said. No other fence jumper has ever made it so far through the Secret Service s defenses, it said.When the incident began to unfold, the report said there were pr Rtrd Trump and Biden fight for Black male voters
A roundup of news, schedules, and key stories from CBS News Political Director Steve Chaggaris:4707724Today, President-elect Barack Obama heads to Bedford Heights, Ohio ndash; outside of Cleveland ndash; where he ll discuss his economic stimulus plan and meet with workers at the Cardinal Fastener Specialty Company. The pre stanley quencher sident-elect on Friday was to tour a northern Ohio company that manufactures parts for wind turbines, a fitting backdrop to promote alternative energy dollars included in the mammoth stimulus package, writes the AP s Liz Sidoti. Obama s campaign-style event is the first of a series he s expected to hold to generate support for his plan to pull the country from recession. Thursday, House Democrats unveiled their $825 billion stimul stanley travel mug us plan, but as The Hill s Mike Soraghan reports, some Democrats feel it might not be enough. House Appropriations Chairman David Obey D-Wis. said the massive bill may undershoot stanley taza the mark and suggested Congress may have to spend more money to stimulate the economy. Even as President-elect Obama praised the stimulus package, some rank-and-file Democrats criticized the bill for not doing enough.Republicans, however, had a different point of view. Oh, my God, House Minority Leader John Boehner R-Ohio said of the Democratic proposal. Boehner said he was shocked by portions of the Democratic draft. [T]he bill was not warmly received by Republicans, who had been enco |
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