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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Trump assassination attempt: Secret Service acting chief admits mistakes

    The Secret Service’s new acting director testified before Congress today that he was "ashamed" of the organization's failure to protect former President Trump from an assassination attempt.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 30, 2024 • 1 min read

    The Secret Service’s new acting director testified before Congress today that he was "ashamed" of the organization's failure to protect former President Trump from an assassination attempt.

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    ‘The Lost Tapes’: Elizabeth Taylor’s candid and intimate truth
    1. 0:00Trump assassination attempt: Secret Service acting chief admits mistakesYou’re reading this
    2. 11:33Can Kamala Harris win back Indian voters?
    3. 23:51The only soldier convicted for the My Lai Massacre dies in obscurity
    4. 34:45‘The Lost Tapes’: Elizabeth Taylor opens up about her life on and off screen
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      Juliette Kayyem

      former assistant secretary for homeland security under President Barack Obama, and chair of the homeland security program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    ‘The Lost Tapes’: Elizabeth Taylor’s candid and intimate truth
    1. 0:00Trump assassination attempt: Secret Service acting chief admits mistakesYou’re reading this
    2. 11:33Can Kamala Harris win back Indian voters?
    3. 23:51The only soldier convicted for the My Lai Massacre dies in obscurity
    4. 34:45‘The Lost Tapes’: Elizabeth Taylor opens up about her life on and off screen
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