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Barack Obama placed under Secret Service protection
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Contributor | RP |
Last Edited | RP May 03, 2007 03:38pm |
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Media | TV News - CNN |
News Date | Thursday, May 3, 2007 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Illinois senator and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been placed under the protection of the U.S. Secret Service, the agency said Thursday.
The Secret Service would not divulge the reason for the protection.
The organization said in a written statement that Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, "after consultation with the congressional advisory committee, authorized the United States Secret Service to protect presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama.
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