Candidate Cain receives Secret Service protection

By WND Staff
Published November 17, 2011 at 8:09pm

Herman Cain became on Thursday the first Republican presidential candidate to receive Secret Service protection.

Cain asked for the security, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and congressional leaders approved his request Thursday, Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan confirmed.

Elite agents were expected to begin protecting the former pizza company executive sometime Thursday.

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