另一只拜登小狗被打入冷宫。
白宫和特勤局对第一狗的报告做出回应拜登指挥官在总统的不同住处咬了几个人,包括特勤局特工。
美国特勤局电子邮件获得根据电子邮件,司法观察通过信息自由法案的请求描述了四个月内德国牧羊犬咬人的10起事件,包括一起导致受害者(一名特勤局特工)在接受白宫医务人员治疗后被送往医院的事件。
据周二公布的电子邮件显示,在10月份发生的一次事件中,一名未透露姓名的美国特勤局人员警告说,指挥官最近表现得咄咄逼人。
根据司法观察公布的内容,这封写于10月26日的电子邮件称,“最近,指挥官表现出了极其咄咄逼人的行为”。“今天;在张贴的时候,他向我冲过来。第一夫人无法重新控制指挥官,他继续围着我转。我相信特工/官员被袭击或被咬只是时间问题。如果我不朝他走过去几次,他今天就会咬我。负责细节的探员问我是不是被咬了,这已经够糟了——只是想让你知道。”
电子邮件显示,在某些情况下,指挥官据称会咬穿了好几层衣服的特工,这样袭击就不会留下任何痕迹。
电子邮件显示,在11月的另一次事件中,指挥官咬了一名穿制服的师军官两次,将该军官送进了医院。
一天后的另一封电子邮件更为详细。
“军官(编辑)建议,‘指挥官’走下楼梯,走向,(编辑)军官(编辑)建议,(编辑)坐着,手臂僵硬,指挥官咬着(编辑)手臂(三头肌部位),”电子邮件说。“然后当站起来的时候,欧曼德在腿上咬了一口。官员称引座员没有控制住狗,并告诉官员不要后退。军官建议说,指挥官又来找他了,他不得不给我们一辆钢车来保护自己免受另一次袭击。警官建议说,他非常痛苦。”
“我的腿和胳膊仍然疼,”据报道被咬伤的匿名警察在给一名同事的电子邮件中写道。"他咬了我两次,还朝我跑了两次。"
白宫和特勤局都没有在他们的声明中提到报告的细节,但似乎证实了指挥官的不良行为。第一夫人吉尔·拜登的通讯主任伊丽莎白·亚历山大说,第一家庭正在努力“想办法让这种情况对每个人都更好。”
“对于家庭宠物来说,白宫是一个独特且经常充满压力的环境,第一家庭正在想办法让这种情况对每个人都更好。伊丽莎白·亚历山大在给美国广播公司新闻的一份声明中说:“他们一直在与特勤局和行政人员合作,制定额外的牵引协议和培训,并为指挥官建立指定的跑步和锻炼区域。”
2022年3月13日,白宫工作人员在白宫南草坪上遛总统乔·拜登和第一夫人吉尔·拜登的新狗指挥官,一只纯种德国牧羊犬。
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美国特勤局也对该报道做出了回应。
“在过去的几届总统政府中,特勤局一直在探索如何最好地管理家庭宠物,这些事件也不例外。我们非常重视员工的安全和健康。美国特勤局通讯主管安东尼·古列尔米在一份声明中说:“我们鼓励特工人员向他们的直属上司报告任何与工作有关的伤害,以便进行适当的记录。”。
“因此,我们知道过去涉及第一家庭宠物的事件,这些事件与类似的工作场所伤害类似,包括遵循相关的通知和报告程序。虽然特工和官员既不照顾也不处理第一家庭的宠物,我们继续与所有适用的实体合作,以尽量减少在包括宠物的环境中的不利影响,”他说。
亚历山大在她的声明中说,“总统和第一夫人非常感谢特勤局和行政官邸的工作人员为保护他们、他们的家人和国家的安全所做的一切。”
纽约邮报是第一个报告关于指挥官咬人事件。
这一行为似乎反映了拜登夫妇以前的狗梅杰的行为,梅杰在类似事件后于2021年12月离开白宫,与家人朋友住在一起报告咬人。
White House, Secret Service respond after emails describe Bidens' dog attacking people
Another Biden pup is in the doghouse.
The White House and Secret Service are responding to a report of first dogCommander Bidenbiting several people, including Secret Service agents, at the president's various residences.
U.S. Secret Service emailsobtainedby Judicial Watch via a Freedom of Information Act request describe 10 incidents of the German Shepherd biting people in a four-month period -- including one incident that resulted in the victim, a Secret Service agent, being transported to a hospital after getting treatment from White House medical personnel, according to the emails.
During one incident reported to have occurred in October, an unnamed U.S. Secret Service personnel warned that Commander was acting aggressive as of late, according to the emails published Tuesday.
"Recently, Commander has been exhibiting extremely aggressive behavior," the email written on Oct. 26 said, according to what Judicial Watch published. "Today; while posted, he came charging at me. The First Lady couldn't regain control of commander and he continued to circle me. I believe it's only a matter of time before an agent/officer is attacked or bit. He would have bit me today if l didn't step towards him a couple different times. It was bad enough that the agent on the detail asked if l got bit- just so you're aware."
In some cases, Commander allegedly bit agents that were wearing layers of clothes so the attacks didn't leave any marks, according to the e-mails.
In another instance in November, Commander bit a Uniformed Division officer twice, sending the officer to the hospital, according to the e-mails.
Another e-mail a day later goes into more detail.
"OFFICER [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT ‘COMMANDER’ CAME DOWN THE STAIRS AND WALKED TOWARD,[REDACTED] OFFICER [REDACTED] ADVISED [REDACTED] WAS SITTING WITH [REDACTED] ARMS CRASSED AND COMMANDER BITE [REDACTED] ARM (TRICEP AREA)," the email says. "THEN WHEN [REDACTED] STOOD U OMMANDER BITE [REDACTED] IN THE LEG (QUAD AREA). OFFICER [REDACTED] STATED THAT THE USHER DID NOT COMNTROL THE DOG AND WAS TELLING OFFICER [REDACTED] TO NOT BACK UP. OFFICER [REDACTED] ADVISED THAT COMMANDER CAME AFTER [REDACTED] AGAIN AND [REDACTED] HAD TO US A STEEL CART TO SHEILD [REDACTED] SELF FROM ANOTHER ATTACK. OFFICER [REDACTED] ADVISED [REDACTED] WAS IN A CONSIDERAL AMOUNT OF PAIN."
"My leg and arm still hurts," the unnamed officer who was reportedly bitten wrote in an email to a colleague. "He bit me twice and ran at me twice."
Neither the White House nor the Secret Service addressed the specifics of the report in their statements but seemingly confirmed the bad behavior by Commander. The communications director for first lady Jill Biden, Elizabeth Alexander, said the first family is working on "ways to make this situation better for everyone."
"The White House complex is a unique and often stressful environment for family pets, and the First Family is working through ways to make this situation better for everyone. They have been partnering with the Secret Service and Executive Residence staff on additional leashing protocols and training, as well as establishing designated areas for Commander to run and exercise," Elizabeth Alexander said in a statement to ABC News.
The U.S. Secret Service also responded to the report.
"For the past several Presidential administrations, the Secret Services has navigated how to best operate around family pets and these incidents are no exception. We take the safety and wellbeing of our employees extremely seriously. Agency employees are encouraged to report any job-related injuries to their immediate supervisors for appropriate documentation," Anthony Guglielmi, US Secret Service Chief of Communications, said in a statement.
"As such, we are aware of past incidents involving first-family pets and these instances were treated similarly to comparable workplace injuries, to include with relevant notifications and reporting procedures followed. While special agents and officers neither care for nor handle the first family’s pets, we continuously work with all applicable entities to minimize adverse impacts in an environment that includes pets," he said.
Alexander said in her statement that "the President and First Lady are incredibly grateful to the Secret Service and Executive Residence staff for all they do to keep them, their family, and the country safe."
The New York Post was the first toreporton Commander's biting incidents.
The behavior appears to mirror that of the Bidens' previous dog, Major, who left the White House in December of 2021 to live with family friends after similarreportsof biting.