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Oct 2024
25m 16s

Inside an Unprepared Secret Service

The New York Times
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After the assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pa., Congress held hearings on the failures of the Secret Service, and its director, Kimberly Cheatle, stepped down. Weeks later, another man attempted to shoot the former president, increasing concerns that something had gone very wrong at the Secret Service. Eric Lipton, an in ... Show More
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