Secret Service head takes responsibility in breach

Published September 30, 2014 2:32pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service Director Julia Pierson told lawmakers she takes full responsibility for the serious breach of the White House mansion eight days ago. That’s when an Army veteran with a knife climbed the fence and made his way well into the executive mansion before he was tackled.

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