Julia Pierson, the director of the Secret Service, resigned Wednesday after a series of embarrassing security lapses, including a breach of the White House by a knife-wielding intruder and the revelation that an armed man came within inches of President Barack Obama in an elevator.
Pierson stepped down one day after she was hauled before a House committee and upbraided by lawmakers, including one who suggested that she was better at protecting her own reputation than the executive mansion. MORE OF STORY
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