Barack Obama names Julia Pierson 1st woman director of secret service

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Barack Obama Names Julia Pierson As The First Woman Director Of Secret Service

Via NBCNews

President Barack Obama appointed Julia Pierson as the next director of the U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday, making her the first woman to ever hold that role.

The administration confirmed to NBC News that Obama had picked Pierson, the currently the chief of staff for the secret service, to lead the agency that, among other things, is tasked with protecting the president, Vice President Joe Biden, the first family and other designees.

Senate confirmation is not required for Pierson’s new role.

Pierson succeeds former Director Mark Sullivan in the role. Sullivan announced his retirement earlier this year following almost 30 years with the agency — almost seven years of which as director.

Sullivan, however, presided over one of the most embarrassing recent incidents for the agency involving revelations that 11 agents allegedly engaged prostitutes in 2012 while on protective assignment at the Summit of the Americas in Colombia. The episode resulted in the retirement or resignation of several agents.

Hopefully she can keep her agents away from the hoes better than her predecessor.

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