A Pentagon spokesman said the service members who are under investigation were not handling security for the US president but were performing important work in support of the Secret Service.
"We believe that there maybe more than five involved in this incident. I don't have specific numbers. We're going to look at the facts wherever they may go," spokesman George Little told reporters.
The personnel were from more than one branch of the military, and some of them were at the same hotel as other Secret Service agents alleged to have brought prostitutes to their rooms, he said.
美军高级官员称,国防部领导人对奥巴马总统访问哥伦比亚期间曝出的美国特工和军人性丑闻“感到尴尬”。
在该官员发表评论的同时,美国国防部透露这起丑闻比最初报道的牵连更广,涉嫌的军方人员超过5人。
美国参谋长联席会议主席马丁•邓普赛将军在一个资讯发布会上说,这一干扰性事件使 “一次非常重要的”总统访问黯然失色。
邓普赛说:“我们都感到很尴尬。”他指的是他和军队中的其他首脑。
“我们让总统失望了,因为现在大家都在谈论这一丑闻,全然把哥伦比亚峰会抛在脑后。”
邓普赛说:“军方调查将让任何‘违犯命令、政策或法规的’人员承担责任。”
在这起丑闻事件中,将有11名特工和至少5名军方人员被解除在哥伦比亚卡塔赫纳的美洲峰会上的安保职务。
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