Mon, 18 December 2006
The United States Secret Service was originally founded (in 1865) as an
anti-counterfeiting unit in the Treasury Department. However, once
President McKinley was assassinated, the Secret Service assumed
presidential protection duties. As of 2002, the Secret Service
(Special Agents and the Uniformed Division) is part of the Department
of Homeland Security. They are also part of Marine One, Air Force One,
and Cadillac One (all of which are described in this episode). Throughout their history, the Secret Service has witnessed and/or foiled many assassination attempts including ones on: Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, Truman, Kennedy, Ford, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush Jr. For more information, read: http://www.secretservice.gov/ http://people.howstuffworks.com/air-force-one2.htm http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/article1135.html http://www.trumanlibrary.org/trivia/assassin.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4535911.stm http://www.guardian.co.uk/georgia/story/0,,1487041,00.html The American Presidents by David Whitney Military History Podcast is sponsored by Armchair General Magazine and the International Research and Publishing Corporation |
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