Questions, please limit your testimony to five minutes. The entire Opening Statement will be made a permanent part of the record. With that, director pearson is recognized. Good morning chairman isaf, Ranking Member cummings and distinguished members of the committee. Im here to address the concern we all share following september 19 at the white house. It is clear the security plan was not properly executed. This is unacceptable, and i take full responsibility and make sure it does not happen again. As director my primary concern is ensuring the operational readiness of the workforce. I have been address it aggressive and injuring professionalism and developing leaders through active engagement with Agency Supervisors and employees i have made it clear my expectations for professionalism and personal accountability. Much of what we do to protect the president that involves information that is highly classified. So i will be limited what i can say in a public hearing. On to number 19 a
Weve had two cases in which the reporting is evolving. Only last night did the public learn that, in fact, it was far worse or at least somewhat worst on september 19th only recently has it been revealed and you said you wanted to correct the record. Makes it clear. On november 11th of 2011, shots were fired, the asalant left. The secret Service Supervisor shut down the response of people who believe rightfully there have been shots fired and in fact the followup did not discover the damage to the white house and the actual shots in real time. Additionally Ortega Hernandez would not have been apprehended except he had a car accident, and even when he was it was not immediately linked to his criminal activity. That in fact the system at the white house did not detect the actual shots fired and begin the purs pursuit is that correct . You were chief of staff at that time. Is that roughly correct. If it isnt, i allow you whatever time you need to properly explain what really happened on n
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