Assignment 8.

The Secret Service Today

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Visit the U. S. Secret Service website at www.treas.gov/usss/history.shtml. Answer the following questions and then return to this page by using the BACK button or typing in this page address: http://www.nps.gov/eise/secret9.htm


1. Besides the President and First Lady, name three other people the Secret Service protects.

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2. As a result of Robert Kennedy's assassination in 1968, who did the Secret Service begin protecting for the first time?

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Return to the top of this U.S. Secret Service website page and select FAQs on the side menu. On this new page, find the answer to this question:

3. How many people are employed by the Secret Service today?

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If you would like to learn more about the Secret Service, visit the KIDS FAQs page on the U.S. Secret Service web site!

Congratulations!