At the press conference before leaving Cartagena, Obama said that if the allegations were true, it would bring shame to the United States and the institutions responsible for protecting him.
"If some allegations in the media are confirmed, then, of course, I will be angry," Obama said in his first public comment on the incident.
"We represent America," the president said. "When we travel to another country, I hope they will abide by the highest standards, because we don't just represent ourselves. We are here to represent our people. ..... Obviously, the content of the report does not meet these standards. "
On Sunday, Republicans went further, saying that reports that agents brought prostitutes to hotels before Obama arrived made agents vulnerable to blackmail and could still threaten the president's safety.
Representative Peter T. King, Republican of New York and chairman of the Homeland Security Committee of the House of Representatives, said that he has instructed his staff to conduct an "immediate investigation" and may hold a hearing on the matter.
"They exposed themselves to threats and blackmail," Mr. King told Fox News Sunday.
The Secret Service dismissed 1 1 agents from their posts in Colombia and sent them back to their countries. They were accused of taking prostitutes to the rooms of the Caribbean Hotel before Obama arrived on Friday. Prostitution is legal in Colombia's so-called "tolerance zone", where hotels are located.
Rep. Darrell E. Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said the leadership of the agency needed to take responsibility, suggesting that the weekend's incident was not the first time.
"The investigation will not be about 1 1 to 20 or more people involved; Issa, a California Republican, said on CBS's "Face the Nation" program, "How will this happen and how often it happened before?" "This kind of thing won't happen once."
It is reported that when an agent had a prostitute in his room, which exceeded the hotel's curfew for overnight "guests" at 7: 00 a.m., the incident was exposed. It is not clear whether the intermediary had a dispute with the prostitute about her expenses, or with the hotel staff about paying extra fees for overnight guests. Called the police and informed the American embassy.
Having fun with prostitutes and other forms of illegal sexual behavior or bad habits have long been regarded as unacceptable behaviors of men engaged in security-sensitive work. Terms such as "honey trap" and "Matahari" have entered the dictionary.
Three Caribbean hotel waiters told the Associated Press in Colombia that about a dozen American government workers, who they thought were Secret Service agents, had been drinking for a week. A waiter said that their surface supervisor scolded the team on the back balcony of the hotel on Thursday, and then the people left the hotel.
The scandal also expanded on Sunday, when the US Southern Command took disciplinary action against five American soldiers in connection with the incident for violating the curfew.
General Douglas Fraser, commander of the Southern Command, said in a statement that he was "disappointed by the whole incident, which did not meet the professional standards of American soldiers."
President Obama said on Sunday that he would be "angry" if the allegations were true, and his Secret Service agents called prostitutes, while Congress and party member called for an investigation into the scandal that broke out last weekend, which cast a shadow over the president's three-day trip to the United States, and he would go to Colombia to attend the summit.
At the news conference leaving Cartagena, Obama said that if the allegations were true, it would bring shame to the United States and its protection and collection agencies.
"If some allegations in the newspaper are confirmed, then of course I will be very angry," said Obama, who first commented on the incident.
"We represent America," the president said. "When we travel to another country, I hope they will abide by the highest standards, because we don't just represent ourselves. We are here to represent our people. Obviously, which reports do not meet these standards. "
* * * The party went further, saying that the agent reported that the prostitute Mr. Obama's fragile blackmail of his hotel agent could still be a security threat to the president before he arrived.
Peter King, a representative of New York, and the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee of the House of Representatives said that an "immediate investigation" would be launched and a hearing on the matter might be held, and he had instructed his staff.
"They let themselves openly threaten and blackmail," Mr. King told reporters, Fox News Sunday.
The Secret Service acquitted the Colombian agents and repatriated them, accusing some of them of taking prostitutes to the rooms of the hotel Caribbean, a luxurious seaside hotel, before Obama arrived last Friday. Prostitution is legal in Colombia. What is the so-called "tolerance zone"? It is located in hotels.
Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said that the leaders of the agency should be held accountable, and hinted that last weekend's incident was not the first time.
Mr. Issa of California Hehe Party said: "The investigation will not take about 1 1 to 20 years or more complicated, which will often happen before." On CBS is open to the whole country. "Such a thing has never happened once."
When the incident came to light, it was said that one of the agents had been in his room at 7 o'clock in the past when the overnight curfew was imposed on the prostitute "guests". It is not clear whether the agent caused a prostitute dispute because of her expenses, or whether the hotel staff paid extra fees for the overnight guests. The police appealed and informed the American Embassy.
Prostitutes and other forms of illegal sexual behavior or parafrolic have long been regarded as unacceptable behaviors, and men who work for safety and sensitivity, such as "honey trap" and "Matahari", have entered the vocabulary.
Caribbean waiters in three hotels told the Associated Press that in Colombia, more than a dozen American government workers, who are considered to be Secret Service agents, have been drinking for a week. A waiter said that the man left the hotel from the back balcony after his apparent boss scolded the team on Thursday.
The scandal also expanded on Sunday, when the US Southern Command took disciplinary action against five American soldiers who violated the curfew.
General Douglas Fraser, commander of the Southern Command, said in a statement that he was "disappointed by the whole incident, which did not meet the professional standards of expected members of the US military."