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BREAKING : Obama’s Secret Service Director Abruptly Resigns

The Director of the Secret Service, Joseph Clancy, who was appointed by President Obama, has abruptly resigned with a strange, ill-written letter.

From The Washinton Post

The director of the Secret Service, who was given the assignment of shoring up that agency in a period of crisis, is leaving one of Washington’s toughest jobs after a little more than two years.

In late 2014, President Barack Obama summoned Joseph P. Clancy, his former detail leader, back from the private sector amid a string of security breaches and employee misconduct in the agency. On Tuesday, Clancy said it’s time to retire for good. He leaves March 4, giving President Trump the chance to select a new director.

Clancy steered the Secret Service as it strained under a heavy workload and the lowest number of employees in a decade. At one point, the 6,300-person agency had 500 fewer people on staff than it was authorized to hire.

On Clancy’s watch, the Secret Service successfully tackled an intense and rancorous 2016 presidential election campaign — one that featured fisticuffs at some raucous rallies — without major incident.

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