Secret Service

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Secret Service Director Julia Pierson testifies in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill to discuss the recent White House perimeter breach when an armed Texas man made it into the White House earlier this month, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 30, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Secret Service Director Julia Pierson testifies in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill to discuss the recent White House perimeter breach when an armed Texas man made it into the White House earlier this month, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 30, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Secret Service Director Julia Pierson, former Secret Service Director W. Ralph Basham and former Assistant Homeland Security Secretary for Infrastructure Protection Todd Keil are sworn in before they testify in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill to discuss the recent White House perimeter breach when an armed Texas man made it into the White House earlier this month, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 30, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Secret Service Director Julia Pierson arrives to testify in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill to discuss the recent White House perimeter breach when an armed Texas man made it into the White House earlier this month, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 30, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Cal.), left, and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), second from left, greet Secret Service Director Julia Pierson, third from left, before she testifies in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill to discuss the recent White House perimeter breach when an armed Texas man made it into the White House earlier this month, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 30, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Secret Service Director Julia Pierson, left, arrives to testify in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill to discuss the recent White House perimeter breach when an armed Texas man made it into the White House earlier this month, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 30, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Cal.) speaks as Secret Service Director Julia Pierson testifies in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill to discuss the recent White House perimeter breach when an armed Texas man made it into the White House earlier this month, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 30, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Secret Service Director Julia Pierson, center, arrives to testify in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill to discuss the recent White House perimeter breach when an armed Texas man made it into the White House earlier this month, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 30, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Secret Service Director Julia Pierson, center, arrives to testify in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill to discuss the recent White House perimeter breach when an armed Texas man made it into the White House earlier this month, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, September 30, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Secret Service presence is increased along Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House after a man armed with a knife scaled the perimeter fence on Friday and made it inside the Presidential Mansion before agents were able to stop him, Washington, D.C., Monday, September 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Secret Service presence is increased along Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House after a man armed with a knife scaled the perimeter fence on Friday and made it inside the Presidential Mansion before agents were able to stop him, Washington, D.C., Monday, September 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Secret Service presence is increased along Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House after a man armed with a knife scaled the perimeter fence on Friday and made it inside the Presidential Mansion before agents were able to stop him, Washington, D.C., Monday, September 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Wernher Goff of San Fransisco, Calif. films the White house as Secret Service presence is increased along Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House after a man armed with a knife scaled the perimeter fence on Friday and made it inside the Presidential Mansion before agents were able to stop him, Washington, D.C., Monday, September 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Secret Service presence is increased along Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House after a man armed with a knife scaled the perimeter fence on Friday and made it inside the Presidential Mansion before agents were able to stop him, Washington, D.C., Monday, September 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Secret Service presence is increased along Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House after a man armed with a knife scaled the perimeter fence on Friday and made it inside the Presidential Mansion before agents were able to stop him, Washington, D.C., Monday, September 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Secret Service presence is increased along Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House after a man armed with a knife scaled the perimeter fence on Friday and made it inside the Presidential Mansion before agents were able to stop him, Washington, D.C., Monday, September 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Secret Service presence is increased along Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House after a man armed with a knife scaled the perimeter fence on Friday and made it inside the Presidential Mansion before agents were able to stop him, Washington, D.C., Monday, September 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Secret Service presence is increased along Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House after a man armed with a knife scaled the perimeter fence on Friday and made it inside the Presidential Mansion before agents were able to stop him, Washington, D.C., Monday, September 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)