Secret service head takes onus for White House breach

WASHINGTON: Secret Service Director Julia Pierson admitted Tuesday the agency failed in executing its plan to protect the White House when a man with a knife entered the mansion and ran through half the ground floor before being subdued. "It's unacceptable," she told lawmakers, vowing to review how the agency carries out its mission of protecting the president and how it failed to intercept the intruder much earlier.



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