Article: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate gets special protection

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 ...

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