for the u.s. secret service. the iraqi government is now confident that victory in tikrit is just days away. the iraqi army, backed by shia militia and sunni tribesman have been advancing on several fronts. government troops recaptured western neighborhoods. the fighting against isil is focused on the presidential palace complex and pockets of the city center. we have a report. pounding enemy target on the outskirts of tikrit on the fourth day of a huge offensive 3,000 iraqi soldiers and police have been attacking positions held by isil as they try to reach the city center. their backed by 20,000 militiamen known os the popular mobilization forces and sunni tribesman. they ve reportedly been slowed down by snipers, suicide bombers and booby trapped buildings. this footage purportedly shows isil fighters stopping fighters from reaching a barracks in western anbar province. inry mad di city center, the commanders are triumphant. isil tried to enter the city from all four
alcohol when they drove into a fence at the whitehouse. john roth reports on the finding. this runs an hour and 40 minutes. committee on oversight and government reform comes to order. the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. we are meeting to talk about the united secret service and the countability for the march 14th 2015 incident. on march 14th two secret service agent, deputy in charge of the presidential detail mr. connelly, and the other was assistant to the special agent in charge. the allegation and the concern was that they drove through a criminal scene investigation of a potential bomb at the whitehouse. following the incident there was allegations that the two agents were intoxicated after being at a bar downtown for a retirement party. there were no sobriety test given and no repremand given. everyone involved was told to go home and pretend like nothing happened. to get a better sense on what happened we talked directory to clancy but he could
provide fewer, more quality. that is a great topic. i saw an amazing presentation the other day. my goal is not to have fewer stars the more quality whether that means 800 but higher-quality that is a great goal to have. more than less intelligence and this information out there it does not give us the greater picture the having less that are more directed. my goal is not to have less. i would like more. the goal is really necessarily higher-quality what to look out for and i commend western union for how proactive they are. yes. good afternoon thank afternoon, thank you for the presentation, agent kane with homeland security presentation. one question. following up. with trying to counter the financing of isis with al qaeda it was a different structure. what do you think is touchable. i don t have a specific answer for you. the money they have within their holdings. so i don t necessarily have a distinct number for you. it becomes that whole of government and par
the agency s policies and make absolutely clear to employees what is expected of them and to revitalize the agency so it can perform its vertical mission and once again become the elite of the elite. with that, i yield back. mr. connelly is not related to me, nor do i like scotch. thank you. rep. chaffetz: duly noted. we will now recognize the gentleman from florida. thank you. in your report, you said that the findings should be considered in light of the secret service reputation for punishing or ignoring those who would further investigate or report such dilation. that interests me the cousin before your tenure, the dhs released a 2013 report which did not find evidence that the secret service had this conduct for the leadership had fostered an environment that fostered inappropriate conduct. given your tenure giving this report, what are your thoughts about the 2013 dhs report? is that an accurate reflection of what is going on in the culture of the secret service rig
assault. as it is right now are a dead end. servicemembers could also go to the board of directors and seek relief for an injustice for their record directly if they like. the administrative bodies designated in the branches to correct any injustice to servicemember records we analyzed 18 years of those records publicly available and we found 51 sexual assault survivors who had even gotten partial relief from the board of correction. i was also surprising was over the same time. maybe you perpetrators had received correction to their military record. we found four times as many perpetrators actually go to the board to have them correct did and this is the case even though victims are far more likely to experience administrative actions that require corrections. then perpetrators are. the other important piece of this is holding the people who retaliate to accounts and despite requests to many sources, we were unable to uncover information with the people against survivors are