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US Secret Service Deputy Director Steps Down

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thinkstock 2.9.15 secretservice?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1423532498411jackethead/iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Deputy Director of the U.S. Secret Service has become the latest casualty in an ongoing shake-up at the agency following the scathing review board report on a lack of leadership inside the agency.

A.T. Smith, who ran day-to-day operations has resigned, the agency announced on Monday. His resignation is effective on Tuesday.

Secret Service Acting Director Joseph P. Clancy praised Smith in a statement on Monday, and in a release that he had taken another position within the Department of Homeland Security.

“Deputy Director Smith has had an exceptional law enforcement career spanning nearly 29 years within the United States Secret Service.  His contributions to the Agency have been invaluable,” Clancy said in a statement.

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-UT, and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, D-MD, hailed the move on Monday.

“Last week, we met jointly with the White House Counsel and the Department of Homeland Security and expressed our shared conviction that the Secret Service needs to turn the page with respect to its senior leadership. We commend the Department for its numerous personnel actions last month, as well as its recent decision to transfer the Deputy Director out of the agency,” they said in a joint statement.

The committee has since postponed a hearing on agency reforms with Clancy that had been scheduled for Thursday.


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