US Senate hearing set on Secret Service scandal

The chairman of the Senate committee with jurisdiction over homeland security says he`s scheduled a hearing for May 23.

Washington: The chairman of the Senate committee with jurisdiction over homeland security says he`s scheduled a hearing for May 23 to review the Secret Service investigation of the Colombia prostitution scandal.

Senator Joe Lieberman tells CNN`s "State of the Union" that he believes the agency has done a thorough job in investigating the incident. But the Connecticut independent also wants to know whether there were warning signs about agents` behaviour.

He also wants to hear what steps are being taken to ensure something similar doesn`t happen again.

Lieberman says the Secret Service director, Mark Sullivan, will be called to the hearing by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

PTI

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