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October 2, 2014
Secret Service Director Steps Down By Veronica Mackey
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ews that political pundits had expected came Wednesday when Secret Service Director Julia Pierson officially resigned from her post. Pierson was the sole witness at the Congressional Oversight Hearing about security breaches. Homeland Security Director Jeh Johnson announced the resignation in a statement. He also announced that the Department of Homeland Security would take over an internal inquiry of the Secret Service and that he Omar Gonzalez running across the White House lawn. would appoint of a new panel to review security at Appointed by President ran across the lawn and gal firearms. Police found the White House. Barack Obama in March managed to get inside a map of the interior of 2013, Pierson is the first within a few feet of the the White House with the female to head the Secret Obama’s residence before president’s living quarters Service. anyone stopped him. The clearly marked. The SeThe series of breaches, man was armed with a cret Service was notified failures, and mishaps have knife and had 800 rounds of the arrest, but there was plagued the president’s top of ammunition in his SUV. no further investigation. personal security team since It was later discovered that In 2011, seven shots he took office. The goofs an off-duty guard—not a were fired at the Obama’s have been very public, pain- Secret Service agent—was residence. It took 5 days ful and embarrassing. responsible for bringing for the Secret Service to Most recently, Omar Gonzalez down. apprehend the suspect Gonzalez, an Iraq Army Gonzalez was also ar- even though there were vet jumped the fence sur- rested in July by police in agents stationed near the Julia Pierson (Continued on page 11) rounding the White House, Virginia for carrying ille-
Can All This Loud Noise Be A Good Thing?
On The Inside:
By Thomas Bunn
• News • Community • Entertainment • Health • Real Estate • Business
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onking horns, roaring planes, jackhammers, chainsaws, reverse alarms, chatter from street workers, and adolescents playing as they walk home from school. These are the sounds that permeate through the window of (Continued on page 10)
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CDC and Texas Health Department Confirm First Ebola Case Diagnosed in the U.S.
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he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed Tuesday, through laboratory tests, the first case of Ebola to be diagnosed in the United States in a person who had traveled to Dallas, Texas from Liberia. The patient did not have symptoms when leaving West Africa, but developed symptoms approximately four days after arriving in the U.S. on Sept. 20.
Dr. Tom Frieden CDC Director The person fell ill on Sept. 24 and sought medical care at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas on Sept. 26. After developing symptoms consistent with Ebola, he was admitted to the hospital on Sept. 28. Based on the person’s travel history and symptoms, CDC recommended testing for Ebola. The medical facility isolated the patient and sent specimens for testing at CDC and at a Texas lab participating in the CDC’s Laboratory Response Network. CDC and the Texas Health Department reported the laboratory test results to the medical center to inform the patient. A CDC (Continued on page 10)
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