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Ask CNN: When the Presidency Changes, Do the Secret Service Workers for the Office Change, or Do the Same Ones Stay on the Job?

Aired May 15, 2001 - 09:49   ET

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MICHELLE DISHMAN, MT. SUMMIT, INDIANA: My name is Michelle Dishman. I'm from Mt. Summit, Indiana. I want to ask CNN, when the presidency changes, do the Secret Service workers for the office change, or do the same ones stay on the job?

MARC CONNOLLY, ASSISTANT SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE, U.S SECRET SERVICE: Thank you for the question.

No, they don't. Currently, agents who are assigned to the presidential protective division can expect to spend approximately five years in that assignment. They are rotated in and out on a regular basis.

Changes in the administration do not have any impact on that schedule.

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