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Woman to head Secret Service

Last updated Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 2:38pm

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama has named veteran Secret Service agent Julia Pierson as the agency's first female director.

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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney speaks during the first presidential debate with President Barack Obama at the University of Denver, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, in Denver. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Some curious about Romney's Secret Service Star lapel pin

Amy Argetsinger The Washington Post

Last updated Friday, October 5, 2012 - 11:37am

As armies of pundits and fact-checkers inspected every phrase and shrug of Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama in Wednesday’s debate, we got this message from a high-level foreign affairs specialist:

"What is that black spot on Romney’s pin? It’s driving me crazy!"

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Secret Service sex scandal may involve White House employees

Ed O'Keefe The Washington Post

Last updated Saturday, September 22, 2012 - 7:37am

A federal watchdog told lawmakers Friday that six women who met with U.S. Secret Service employees in Colombia in April were paid for sex and that other Defense Department and White House personnel might have been involved.

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More Secret Service agents behaving badly

Laurie Kellman, Alicia A. Caldwell The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - 10:53am

WASHINGTON -- The lawmaker leading an inquiry into the Secret Service prostitution scandal reported dozens of "troubling" episodes of past misbehavior Wednesday and appealed to insiders to come forward with what they know as investigators try to determine whether a culture of misconduct took root in the storied agency.

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Sheriff's official suspended for disrupting V.P. Secret Service detail

Henry Pierson Curtis The Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Friday, May 4, 2012 - 8:33am

ORLANDO, Fla. -- One of Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings top aides has been disciplined for "conduct unbecoming" stemming from an incident during Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Orlando last year.

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FILE - In this Monday, June 30, 2008 file photo, Secret Service agents surround Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama as he greets supporters in Independence, Mo. The Secret Service has been tarnished by a prostitution scandal that erupted April 13, 2012 in Colombia involving 12 Secret Service agents, officers and supervisors and 12 more enlisted military personnel ahead of President Barack Obama's visit there for the Summit of the Americas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Secret Service suffers black eye to image

Calvin Woodward The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 30, 2012 - 10:07am

WASHINGTON -- The Secret Service does not often get a black eye behind those oh-so-cool sunglasses. It's got a shiner now.

The public face of the service is one of steely professionals in impeccable suits, wearing discreet earpieces and packing even more discreet weapons. Agents are expressionless except for their ever-searching gaze, lethal automatons ready to die for a president.

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Secret Service agents will now have chaperones

Laurie Kellman, Alicia A. Caldwell The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 6:45am

WASHINGTON -- Embarrassed by a prostitution scandal, the Secret Service will assign chaperones on some trips to enforce new rules of conduct that make clear that excessive drinking, entertaining foreigners in their hotel rooms and cavorting in disreputable establishments are no longer tolerated.

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FILE - In this June 30, 2010 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee member, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sessions told reporters Thursday, the president should take responsibility for the Secret Service, GSA and energy company Solyndra scandals and insist on a government culture in which taxpayer dollars are not wasted. He said, "I don't sense that this president has shown that kind of managerial leadership." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

GOP Senator says Secret Service scandal shows Obama leadership weakness

Laurie Kellman The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 10:50am

WASHINGTON -- A Southern Republican is raising questions about whether President Barack Obama is capably leading the government.

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FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2008 file photo, a Secret Service agent stands near then presidential candidate Barack Obama, background, at a rally in Norfolk, Va. Moving swiftly, the Secret Service forced out three agents Wednesday, April 18, 2012 in a prostitution scandal that has embarrassed President Obama. A senior congressman welcomed the move to hold people responsible for the tawdry episode but warned "it's not over." (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

More firings likely at Secret Service

Alicia A. Caldwell The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 10:49am

WASHINGTON -- A top lawmaker briefed on the investigation into a Secret Service prostitution scandal predicted more firings would follow the forced ouster of three agency employees.

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Daniel Bongino, a former Secret Service agent and U.S. Senate candidate in Maryland, speaks during an interview at the Associated Press on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 in New York. Bongino said that the agents under investigation for hiring prostitutes in Columbia while preparing for President Obama's visit "will pay for this forever." (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

Secret Service prostitution scandal roils DC

Julie Pace The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 10:02am

WASHINGTON -- A prostitution scandal involving the Secret Service has grown in scope, with the disclosure that U.S. agents and military personnel had been with at least 20 women in hotel rooms before President Barack Obama arrived in Colombia for a summit with Latin American leaders.

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FILE - in this March 30, 2011 file photo, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee ranking Republican Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. At least 20 women were involved in last weekend's hotel incident with Secret Service agents, U.S. Marines and prostitutes in Colombia just before President Barack Obama's visit, a senator says. Congressional and military investigators begin to dig into the situation more deeply. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Summit sex scandal no big deal in Colombia

Jim Wyss The Miami Herald

Last updated Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 12:03pm

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Mixing business and pleasure might kill some careers, but in Colombia, at least, it's not necessarily illegal.

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U.S. secret service agents walk around the Convention Center in Cartagena, Colombia, prior to the opening ceremony of the 6th Summit of the Americas at the Convention Center in Cartagena, Colombia, Saturday, April 14, 2012. Last Thursday, a dozen secret service agents sent to provide security for U.S. President Barack Obama, were relieved from duty and replaced with other agency personnel after an incident of alleged misconduct. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Military embarrassed by Colombia scandal

Robert Burns The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 16, 2012 - 2:19pm

WASHINGTON -- The top U.S. military officer said Monday the nation's military leadership is embarrassed by allegations of misconduct against several U.S. military members at a Colombia hotel on the eve of President Barack Obama's visit over the weekend.

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