Pentagon to Help Secret Service for Presidential Campaigns
Members of the US Secret Service in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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The US Defense Department said it will provide “additional military support capabilities” to the Secret Service to guard the major presidential and vice presidential candidates through the November election in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved a request from the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Secret Service, for “increased support” at “various locations across the United States,” Sabrina Singh, a Defense Department spokeswoman, told reporters Thursday. Such support would be provided by National Guard units.