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Clinton-Obama Race Ups Stakes for Secret Service

Agents deploy to protect two unique candidates

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 11, 2008 4:13 PM CDT

(Newser) – The race for the Democratic nomination is confounding an unlikely group—the Secret Service, which started covering Barack Obama earlier than any previous candidate and has protected Hillary Clinton since Bill's nomination in 1992. And the throngs of passionate supporters—as many as 30,000—... Read full story »

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Clinton-Obama Race Ups Stakes for Secret Service

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