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Article: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate gets special protection
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- May 3, 2007
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U.S. Democratic presidential candidate gets special protection
WASHINGTON, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Democratic presidential candidate
Barack Obama was put under the protection of the U.S. Secret Service
on Thursday.
Obama, senator from Illinois, is one of the leading Democratic
candidates vying for the party's presidential nomination in the 2008
presidential elections.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, "after consultation
with the congressional advisory committee, authorized the United
States Secret Service to ...