US Secret Service chief quits

For a string of security lapses, US Secret Service director Julia Pierson resigned October 1. The resignation comes a day after Pierson endured a withering public grilling by lawmakers, who pronounced themselves baffled at failures by Secret Service agents, another of which saw an armed former felon get on an elevator with President Barack Obama. Pierson had been brought into the agency as a new broom after the reputation of its sharp-suited agents took a hit from drinking and prostitution scandals. But critics said the lives of the US president and his family are not safe due to several high-profile failures.

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