2010年1月7日木曜日

#22:ホワイトハウス晩餐会に「招かれざる客」




ホワイトハウス晩餐会に「招かれざる客」
Uninvited guests crash White House dinner party
2009年 11月 28日 15:57 JST

 [ワシントン 27日 ロイター] 米バージニア州在住の夫婦が今週、幾重もの警備をくぐり抜けて、米ホワイトハウスで開催された公式晩餐会の来客を出迎える人の列に加わり、オバマ米大統領など要人に会っていったことが分かった。ホワイトハウスが27日に明らかにした。
This week a couple, who are residents of the American State of Virginia, passed through several layers of security and joined the receiving line of an official dinner being held at the White House. It is understood they met President Obama and other important people. This was made public by the White House on the 27th November.

 ホワイトハウスは大統領警護隊 (シークレット・サービス)に全面的な調査を要請。シークレット・サービスは、インドのシン首相夫妻に敬意を表して開かれた晩餐会で起きたセキュリティー 違反について、包括的な見直しを行っており、マーク・サリバン・ディレクターは「シークレット・サービスは24日の公式晩餐会をめぐる状況を深く懸念し、 恥ずかしいと感じている」と声明で述べた。
The White House has demanded from the Secret Service a extensive investigation. The Secret Service will perform a comprehensive review of the security breach which occurred at a dinner in honour of Indian Prime Minister Singh and his wife. Director Mark Sullivan declared that "The Secret Service are deeply concerned about the circumstances surrounding the official dinner on the 24th and we feel embarrassed."

 サリバン・ディレクターは、予備調査の段階で、初期のチェックポイントでしかるべき手順を怠ったことが判明したと説明。この夫婦は磁気探知機やそのほかのチェックは受けていたものの、晩餐会の会場に入場を許可されるべきではなかったとした。
Director Sullivan explained a preliminary investigation had established that appropriate procedures had been neglected at an initial checkpoint. This couple went through magnetometers and other checks, but should not have been permitted to enter the dinner party hall.

 晩餐会に押しかけた2人は、米ソーシャルネットワーキングサービス(SNS)大手フェースブックに、バイデン米副大統領やCBSテレビのアンカーウーマン、ケイティ・クーリックなどと一緒に撮影した写真を掲載していた。
The dinner party "gate crasher" couple published photos of themselves photographed together with American Vice President Biden, CBS television anchor woman Katie Coric and others, on the major American Social Networking Site, Facebook.

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4 件のコメント:

  1. Hooray!! Here comes a new eposode!! (the new episode?)
    I often get confused which article to choose..

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  2. 匿名さん,
    Thanks for your enthusiasm.
    Regards,
    Chris & Judy

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  3. Hi Chris-san,

    In this 22nd episode, the famous SNS around the world, Facebook was talked. Actually, I have an account of Facebook and am thinking that it would be nice to be friends with you on it. If you have an account, could we be friends? I mean, be connected via Facebook?

    There is another SNS, which is similar to Facebook called "mixi" in Japan by the way.


    Best wishes,
    CHIPMUNK

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  4. Chipmunk san,
    Sorry it has taken me a while to reply, we have been away on holiday. Thanks for inviting me to be a Facebook friend. I do not yet have a Facebook account, but I will look into it and let you know if I get one.
    Regards,
    Chris

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