How Does the U.S. Secret Service Work?

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How Does the U.S. Secret Service Work?

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The United States Secret Service does a lot more than protect the president and other political bigwigs. Learn about its origins with the Treasury and other work in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://people.howstuffworks.com/secrets-about-secret-service.htm
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