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Updated: Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle Resigns Under Pressure
By Steve Neavling and Allan Lengel Bowing to bipartisan pressure following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on July 13, U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday, CNN reports. The resignation came one day after Cheatle faced tough questioning at a four-hour hearing before the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill. Among those calling…
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