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Congress

McCaul Introduces Bill To Create Panel To Review Secret Service

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, November 13th, 2014

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McCaul Introduces Bill To Create Panel To Review Secret Service

Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Committee on Homeland Security as well as co-chair of the Friends of Australia Caucus. (Photo: U.S. House of Representatives)

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) on Thursday introduced a bill that would establish a Blue Ribbon Commission to conduct an independent, comprehensive review of the Secret Service, which has been beset by security lapses and misconduct. Even though Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson in September directed in independent review of a Sept. 19 incident where a man jumped the fence to the White House grounds and made his way inside the executive mansion before being caught,…

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