Soon there could be a second White House, a fake one to train the Secret Service

#whitehouse #presidentobama #ussecretservice #josephclancy In view of a number of security lapses in the White House, Joseph Clancy, the director of US Secret Service feels another White House, a fake one, is needed to train the Secret Service staff. At preset they train in a car park that does not replicate the environments of the White House.
Joseph Clancy, therefore, wants a sanction of $8m to build a replica White House to train agents. It would be located in Beltsville, Maryland, 20-miles from the president's real home in Washington.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 18 March 2015.
The director has explained that they train in a car park that does not have the bushes and fountains that the White House grounds do, hence the need to have a replica mansion which would provide agents and officers a training experience that would be more realistic.
His request is against the backdrop of several embarrassing security lapses including one in which a knife-wielding man managed to sprint across the White House lawn and make his way into the mansion before he was restrained.
Incidentally, he is a 30-year veteran and was appointed by President Obama to take over the troubled agency on a permanent basis when the earlier incumbent was forced to resign.

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