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Reps. Elijah Cummings (left), Maryland Democrat, and Jason Chaffetz, Utah Republican, talk Sept. 30 before Secret Service Director Julia Pierson, former Secret Service Director W. Ralph Basham and former Assistant Homeland Security Secretary for Infrastructure Protection Todd Keil testify in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill about a recent White House perimeter breach. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Two senior lawmakers want Secret Service chief out

By EILEEN SULLIVAN and ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press

Uniformed Secret Service officers walk along the lawn on the North side of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. The Secret Service is coming under renewed scrutiny after a man scaled the White House fence and made it all the way through the front door before he was apprehended. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Rep. Jason Chaffetz: Putting Secret Service under DHS may have been mistake

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Secret Service Director Julia Pierson testifies Sept. 30 before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill about the recent White House perimeter breach in which an armed man made it inside. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Six fence-jumpers breached White House this year; 16 in past five years

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

United States Secret Service director Julia Pierson and Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Tom Carper, D-Del., leave a committee hearing on recent Secret Service agents behavior, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

Members of both parties want more answers from Secret Service after missteps

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Secret Service Director Julia Pierson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, before the House Oversight Committee as it examines details surrounding a security breach at the White House when a man climbed over a fence, sprinted across the north lawn and dash deep into the executive mansion before finally being subdued. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Inside the Beltway: The novelty of a Secret Service probe

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Reps. Elijah Cummings (left), Maryland Democrat, and Jason Chaffetz, Utah Republican, talk Sept. 30 before Secret Service Director Julia Pierson, former Secret Service Director W. Ralph Basham and former Assistant Homeland Security Secretary for Infrastructure Protection Todd Keil testify in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill about a recent White House perimeter breach. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Rep. Cummings: ‘Something is awfully wrong’ with the Secret Service

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

This Sept. 21, 2009, photo provided by Jerry Murphy shows Omar Gonzalez, who was married to Murphy's mother, Samantha, until they divorced in 2012. Authorities have identified Gonzalez as the man who got into the White House after scaling a fence on Friday, Sept. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Courtesy Jerry Murphy)

White House says Secret Service should release more information about fence jumper

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. By President Barack Obama&#8217;s own admission, the U.S. bombing campaign against militants in Syria could help President Bashar Assad cling to power. Critics say Obama&#8217;s strategy does little to address the conditions that have allowed the Islamic State group to thrive and could leave Syria a hotbed for extremism. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Obama knew for months of intel community’s concerns about Islamic State

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

The Secret Service tightened their guard outside the White House since last week's embarrassing breach in the security of one of the most closely protected buildings in the world. A man is accused of scaling the White House perimeter fence, running across the lawn and entering the presidential mansion before agents stopped him. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House fence-jumper reached East Room: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

FILE - This Sept. 27, 2014, file photo shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi, of India, addressing the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. Modi meets President Barack Obama for the first time at the White House on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. His election in May as the new leader of the world’s largest democracy has transformed him from onetime persona non grata into a person the White House will warmly receive. Obama’s courtship of Modi continues Tuesday with an Oval Office meeting, marking a rare second day of attention from Obama. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Indian leader Modi heads for White House visit

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

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President Nixon waves goodbye to staff members outside the White House after resigning on Aug. 9, 1974, following revelations of the Watergate and other scandals.

FEIN: Conditioning Senate confirmation of AG Holder’s successor

By Bruce Fein

Secret Service police officers walk outside the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. Earlier, President Barack Obama said the Secret Service does "a great job." He says he is grateful for the "sacrifices" the service performs on his behalf and on behalf of his family. Obama made his comments Monday in the aftermath of Friday's security breach, when an intruder managed to jump the north fence of the White House and escape capture until he was inside the North Portico entrance of the presidential mansion. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Secret Service briefs Obama on fence-jumper incident

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric Holder pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing oversight hearing on the Justice Department. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Contempt of Congress case against Holder will proceed

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A U.S. Secret Service K-9 sweeps the sidewalk around the White House facing Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, after protests by anti-war activists who blocked the entrance to the northwest gate. Security around the White House perimeter has been intensified since last Friday when a 42-year-old Army veteran climbed over the fence and dashed across the north lawn and entered the executive mansion before being stopped. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Former DEA agent to Secret Service: Quit texting — it’s ‘downright dangerous’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann Romney, wave to supporters after Mr. Romney conceded the presidential race at his election night rally on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Boston. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) ** FILE **

Ann Romney on Mitt in 2016: ‘Well, we will see’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Photo illustration with White House press secretary Josh Earnest and the controversial image of President Obama saluting U.S. Marines with a coffee cup in his hand.

Obama has greatest respect for troops, White House spokesman says

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Enemies can learn from White House intrusion

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Barack Obama speaks about the participation of five Arab nations in airstrikes against militants in Syria., Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, on the South Lawn the White House, in Washington. The president said the participation of five Arab nations in airstrikes against militants in Syria &quot;makes it clear to the world this is not America's fight alone.&quot; Afterward the boarded Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., then onto New York and the United Nations. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

HARPER: Obama spins war by getting journalists off the record

By Christopher Harper

President Obama saluting U.S. Marines while holding a coffee cup. Photo via Instagram

Obama salutes Marines with coffee cup

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times