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This R&D covers the recent controversies surrounding the Secret Service.  Reports of wild parties in foreign countries and the ability of an intruder to enter the White House several weeks ago has put the agency’s ability to protect the President of the United States and other important officials in question.  Last week Secret Service Director Julia Pierson, who was the first female director of the Secret Service, resign over the controversies.