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Secret Service acting director warns 'we are redlining' agents after initial attempt on Trump warranted 'paradigm shift': 'Don't have an alternative'
By Ryan King
US Secret Service acting director Ronald Rowe Jr. ominously warned that the agents at the Protective Service are being "redlined."
While making a public plea for more resources, including for better training and recruitment, Rowe explained that agents are being pushed to the max with the onslaught of major political events such as the party conventions and recent presidential debates.
"You can't just give me money and say, 'Hey, we're going to make sure that everybody gets overtime,' because the men and women of the Secret Service right now, we are redlining them, and they are rising to this moment, and they are meeting the challenges right now," Rowe said during a press conference.
Rowe stressed that he "ordered a paradigm shift" coming out of the Butler, Pa. rally and that "We need to get out of a reactive model, and get to a ready model."
"We don't have an alternative. Success, we have to have it every day. We cannot have failures. And in order to do that, we're going to have some hard conversations with Congress, and we're going to achieve that," he added.
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