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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner and David Smith

JD Vance’s team had water level of Ohio river raised for family’s boating trip

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JD Vance speaks in Canton, Ohio, on 28 July 2025. Photograph: Lauren Leigh Bacho/AP

JD Vance’s team had the army corps of engineers take the unusual step of changing the outflow of a lake in Ohio to accommodate a recent boating excursion on a family holiday, the Guardian has learned.

The request from the US Secret Service was made to “support safe navigation” of the US vice-president’s security detail for an August outing on the Little Miami River, according to a statement by the US army corps of engineers (USACE).

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