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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Santana

This is how Secret Service protection has changed for presidents over the years

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During Abraham Lincoln's presidency, anyone could come to the White House and see him. Come they did: mothers looking to have their sons released from military service, wives urging that their husbands be freed from prison after resisting the draft, others who simply wanted to meet the president.

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