Cybersecurity
Obama Appointee Is First Woman Head of the Secret Service
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Julia Pierson has been the highest-ranking woman at the U.S. Secret Service for years. Now she’ll simply be the highest-ranking official after she was sworn in today.
President Barack Obama appointed Pierson, the Secret Service’s chief of staff since 2008, to the top position yesterday, making history by appointing the first woman director at an agency that was tarnished by a scandal in which its agents allegedly patronized prostitutes in Colombia while preparing for a presidential visit there.