Obama To Name First Female Head Of Secret Service, Reports She Is Former Hooker Are Untrue Mar 26, 2013 0 Comments Chuck Biscuits Excerpted from The Hill: President Obama will name U.S. Secret Service agent Julia Pierson to be the agency’s new director, the first woman to hold that post, according to reports. Pierson, currently the agency’s chief of staff, will succeed Mark Sullivan. Sullivan retired as director in January after serving with the Secret Service for roughly three decades. He came under intense scrutiny from Congress over the last year as lawmakers investigated the agency’s handling of an incident in Colombia, in which agents invited prostitutes back to their hotel rooms during an assignment. Sullivan said he was “dumbfounded” by the scandal and said the incident was not common for the agency. Six agents were dismissed or reassigned after the incident, which angered lawmakers and marred the agency’s reputation. Obama’s selection of Pierson follows intense criticism over the perceived lack of diversity in his second-term appointments. The president has since appointed a number of women and minorities to high-profile positions in his administration, including Interior nominee Sally Jewell and Department of Justice attorney Thomas Perez for secretary of Labor.

Obama To Name First Female Head Of Secret Service, Reports She Is Former Hooker Are Untrue

Mar 26, 2013 0 Comments Chuck Biscuits Excerpted from The Hill: President Obama will name U.S. Secret Service agent Julia Pierson to be the agency’s new director, the first woman to hold that post, according to reports.
Pierson, currently the agency’s chief of staff, will succeed Mark Sullivan.
Sullivan retired as director in January after serving with the Secret Service for roughly three decades. He came under intense scrutiny from Congress over the last year as lawmakers investigated the agency’s handling of an incident in Colombia, in which agents invited prostitutes back to their hotel rooms during an assignment.
Sullivan said he was “dumbfounded” by the scandal and said the incident was not common for the agency.
Six agents were dismissed or reassigned after the incident, which angered lawmakers and marred the agency’s reputation.
Obama’s selection of Pierson follows intense criticism over the perceived lack of diversity in his second-term appointments. The president has since appointed a number of women and minorities to high-profile positions in his administration, including Interior nominee Sally Jewell and Department of Justice attorney Thomas Perez for secretary of Labor.