four star general barry mccaffrey joins us next. >>> welcome back to the kudlow report.'m brian schachtman. there are new developments in the secret service investigation to put in question their conduct in columbia and that it wasn't maybe an isolated incident. anonymous sources have come forward to kiro tv saying they received sexual favors from strippers in san salvador and took prostitutes to their hotel rooms ahead of the president's visits in march of 2011. now the secret service is following up on these allegations with an internal investigation. homeland security secretary janet nap tall i don't even testified yesterday that there was no evidence of similar behavior to columbia and it appeared to be an isolated incident. two dozen officers were implicateed in the skanldz. so far eight have been removed from service. the expansion of the investigation represents another mark against the secret service which, of course, has been tarnished by this prostitution scandal. larry, back to you. >> all right. brian schachtman, thank you very much. now, another security thr

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barry mccaffrey has commanded soldiers from vietnam to desert storm and joins us this morning.ir, it's great to see and a lot of people are asking the question about the leadership that are looking over our service members that allow for something like this to happen. others would then look at the stress of war over a decade now for our military members to have to endure these multiple tours of duty. then also the fact that these are young people that are being put in unimaginable circumstances, stressful circumstances. but how do we take it back so that we can protect our american military members from indefensible actions like this one? >> well, those are three legitimate viewpoints, thomas. there's no question this is the kind of thing that platoon sergeants, the company commander is supposed to make sure doesn't happen. now, the other part of that question, though, these were young paratroopers who had just watched a suicide bomber accidentally blow himself up. this is the kind of macabre humor that is present in combat units, particularly after ten years of war. it contrib