Susan Collins
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 23: U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan (C) arrives with Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affiairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-CT) (L) and ranking member Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) before testifying to the committee about the recent prostitution scandal May 23, 2012 in Washington, DC. This is the first time Sullivan has testified to Congress since the news broke about the scandal, where a dozen Secret Service agents and employees spent a night of partying and cavorting with prostitutes and other women ahead of President Barack Obama attending a summit meeting of Western leaders in Cartagena, Colombia.
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