House Homeland Security Committee chairman calls on Secret Service director to resign
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., is calling on Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle to resign.
"Cheatle argued the Secret Service could not position counter-snipers in the location of the shooter because of the angle of the roof. This was an absurd, unacceptable, and obviously unfounded excuse," he said in a statement. "Cheatle placed blame at the feet of local law enforcement for the failures of that day -- blatantly ignoring the fact that local officers indicated ahead of time they did not have the ability to secure the building that the shooter used to fire those fateful shots."
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"Director Cheatle has rightfully admitted the near assassination of a former president was a failure. She even said the buck stops with her," Green continued. "For the good of this country, Director Cheatle must resign immediately."
Green will visit the shooting site in Butler, Pennsylvania, at 11:30 a.m. ET Monday with a bipartisan group of members on the House Homeland Security Committee.