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Obama grants himself , Bush, lifetime Secret Service Protection ..
Obama Grants Himself, Bush Lifetime Secret Service Protection
Friday, 11 Jan 2013 10:45 AM
By Megan Anderson
President Barack Obama signed legislation on Thursday that gives him and former President George W. Bush lifetime Secret Service Protection.
The Former Presidents Protection Act reverses a law from 1994 that says presidents are only protected for 10 years after leaving office.
The law grants all future presidents lifetime protection by the Secret Service, their spouses unless they remarry, and their children until the age of 16.
Congress had ended lifetime security protection to cut costs. After 10 years of protection, Congress could only approve further security for former presidents and their families on a temporary basis. In the post-9/11 world, though, Congress decided that former chief executives may still be vulnerable and need protection.
The measure applies to presidents elected after Jan. 1, 1997, specifically Obama and George W. Bush, the Associated Press explains.
Former executive families can also decline protection if they so choose, according to ABC News. When President George Herbert Walker Bush walked away from the inaugural ceremonies of his successor Bill Clinton, his wife Barbara Bush said farewell to her agents on the Capitol steps, and moved back to Texas without them.
The bill was introduced in the House of Representatives in November 2012 by South Carolina Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy, and passed by voice vote in early December, according to BuzzFeed. Co-sponsors included Republican Lamar Smith, and Democrats John Conyers and Bobby Scott. The Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent on Dec. 28, and sent over to the White House on New Year's Day.
"Both men are young, enjoy good health, and have long lives ahead of them post-presidency," Gowdy said on the House floor. "This bill proposes to extend that security for the remainder of their lives.
The Secret Service started protecting presidents in 1901 after the assassination of William McKinley, according to Yahoo News. In 1965, Congress passed a law authorizing the agency, which is now a part of the Department of Homeland Security, to protect former presidents for life.
The legislation was signed along with a host of other bills, including the naming of seven post offices..
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I guess its a matter of whether you believe we should be armed aswell that was my point...and my opinion ..Its seems a double standard to disarm us which is what Obama wants... anyway didnt mean this to get to an argument ...I am done ..on this thread
I very much doubt that but its not the same is it ...they are there to protect us surely...
Are they talking about taking away guns from police and the military? I hadn't heard that.
While Vice President Joe Biden has been conducting a week of meetings on efforts to curb gun violence that seemed to be focused on nothing but more gun control, President Obama signed a law Thursday that ensures lifetime protection for himself and his family, as well as the safety of future presidents.
The legislation signed by the president was written by Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina. According to the press secretary’s office, the law “restores lifetime Secret Service protection of former Presidents who did not serve as President prior to January 1, 1997, and their spouses; and provides for protection of all children of former Presidents until they become 16 years of age.”
The “Former Presidents Protection Act of 2012” makes changes to a law written in the mid-1990s that imposes a 10-year limit on Secret Service protection for former presidents. President George W. Bush is the first former president affected.
When the original law was written, lawmakers defended it by saying it would save the government millions of dollars, and argued that former presidents retained the option to hire private security firms, like Richard Nixon did after he opted out of Secret Service protection in 1985.
The “Former Presidents Protection Act” passed in both the House and the Senate with ease.
But some analysts view the law as a flagrant example of the double standard the political elite maintains for itself and the average American citizen.
Before It's News opines of the legislation: “Armed protection for me, but not for thee!”
President Obama so much as admitted to that philosophy following his re-election. While giving an interview on ABC Nightline on December 26 following the Sandy Hook shooting, he admitted that one of the benefits of his re-election was the ability to “have men with guns around at all times.” Unfortunately, it seems he does not believe that the American people should be afforded a similar benefit.
While the president was signing a law protecting himself and his family for the entirety of his life, his administration has been launching a gun control agenda that many feel may threaten to prevent the American people from doing the same.
Vice President Biden’s task force sat down with the National Rifle Association as well as other gun-owner groups to allegedly discuss a range of issues addressing gun violence. According to the NRA, however, the group is “disappointed [with] how much it had to do with an agenda to attack the Second Amendment.”
Those members of the NRA who sat in on the meetings assert that the focus was virtually on “proposed restrictions on lawful firearm owners — honest, taxpaying, hardworking Americans.”
Vice President Biden ended the week of meetings by meeting representatives from the video-game industry, which some have targeted as promoting too much violence and encouraging violence among adolescents.
Biden states he plans to provide several proposals based on his meetings to the president by next Tuesday. Fox News reports, “He gave a glimpse into what was being considered this week, and the list included ‘universal’ background checks for gun purchases. He said this would include not just closing the so-called gun show loophole but imposing background checks for all transactions, including private sales.
Biden also added, “I’ve never heard quite as much about the need to do something about high-capacity magazines as I’ve heard spontaneously from every group that we’ve met with so far.”
President Obama and other anti-gun lawmakers have articulated support for an assault-weapons ban. They have also dismissed proposals to install armed officers at every school in the nation. According to the White House, such a strategy is not effective.
It’s worth noting, however, that the school at which President Obama’s daughters attend has 11 armed security guards at all times. It’s almost as if the president believes that he and his family should be afforded greater protection than all the rest of the American people.
The hypocrisy behind the gun control agenda is not only evident with President Obama. California Senator Dianne Feinstein has been virtually leading the charge against the Second Amendment and has drafted a bill to be introduced later this month that treats gun owners as criminals, while she herself has admitted to carrying a concealed weapon for her own protection after she had been threatened by a terrorist group.
Likewise, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has also aggressively pushed an anti-gun agenda while he himself is protected constantly by armed bodyguards. The same is true of left-wing documentarian Michael Moore.
And the Obama administration has been outspoken about its willingness to circumvent Congress in its drive to increase gun control if Congress is not compliant.
"There are executive orders, executive action that can be taken," Biden said. He also said separate legislative action would be "required."
Second Amendment advocates have spoken out against indications the president may resort to executive order.
"Vice President Biden would do well to read the 2nd Amendment and revisit the meaning of the phrase 'shall not be infringed,'" Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., said in a statement. "Bypassing Congress to implement radical policies is never acceptable."
Meanwhile, gun advocates are working vehemently to enforce a standard that is applicable to both the political elite as well as the American people. Last month, a White House petition began to be circulated that called for making the White House and all federal buildings gun free zones. It also states that the gun-free zones should be applied to private schools such as the Sidwell Friends School “attended by the president’s daughters.”
The petition reads, “If the government believes gun free zones are a solution for citizens, the same standard should apply to government servants and employees.” Heres the main point...why should they have armed protection and not we the American people they are working to disarm us, yet want this protection for them sleves...are you all saying thats okay and their lives are more important than yours and your families ...wow I dont get that at all ...so its good for Bush to have it and not you ???
The legislation signed by the president was written by Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina. According to the press secretary’s office, the law “restores lifetime Secret Service protection of former Presidents who did not serve as President prior to January 1, 1997, and their spouses; and provides for protection of all children of former Presidents until they become 16 years of age.”
The “Former Presidents Protection Act of 2012” makes changes to a law written in the mid-1990s that imposes a 10-year limit on Secret Service protection for former presidents. President George W. Bush is the first former president affected.
When the original law was written, lawmakers defended it by saying it would save the government millions of dollars, and argued that former presidents retained the option to hire private security firms, like Richard Nixon did after he opted out of Secret Service protection in 1985.
The “Former Presidents Protection Act” passed in both the House and the Senate with ease.
But some analysts view the law as a flagrant example of the double standard the political elite maintains for itself and the average American citizen.
Before It's News opines of the legislation: “Armed protection for me, but not for thee!”
President Obama so much as admitted to that philosophy following his re-election. While giving an interview on ABC Nightline on December 26 following the Sandy Hook shooting, he admitted that one of the benefits of his re-election was the ability to “have men with guns around at all times.” Unfortunately, it seems he does not believe that the American people should be afforded a similar benefit.
While the president was signing a law protecting himself and his family for the entirety of his life, his administration has been launching a gun control agenda that many feel may threaten to prevent the American people from doing the same.
Vice President Biden’s task force sat down with the National Rifle Association as well as other gun-owner groups to allegedly discuss a range of issues addressing gun violence. According to the NRA, however, the group is “disappointed [with] how much it had to do with an agenda to attack the Second Amendment.”
Those members of the NRA who sat in on the meetings assert that the focus was virtually on “proposed restrictions on lawful firearm owners — honest, taxpaying, hardworking Americans.”
Vice President Biden ended the week of meetings by meeting representatives from the video-game industry, which some have targeted as promoting too much violence and encouraging violence among adolescents.
Biden states he plans to provide several proposals based on his meetings to the president by next Tuesday. Fox News reports, “He gave a glimpse into what was being considered this week, and the list included ‘universal’ background checks for gun purchases. He said this would include not just closing the so-called gun show loophole but imposing background checks for all transactions, including private sales.
Biden also added, “I’ve never heard quite as much about the need to do something about high-capacity magazines as I’ve heard spontaneously from every group that we’ve met with so far.”
President Obama and other anti-gun lawmakers have articulated support for an assault-weapons ban. They have also dismissed proposals to install armed officers at every school in the nation. According to the White House, such a strategy is not effective.
It’s worth noting, however, that the school at which President Obama’s daughters attend has 11 armed security guards at all times. It’s almost as if the president believes that he and his family should be afforded greater protection than all the rest of the American people.
The hypocrisy behind the gun control agenda is not only evident with President Obama. California Senator Dianne Feinstein has been virtually leading the charge against the Second Amendment and has drafted a bill to be introduced later this month that treats gun owners as criminals, while she herself has admitted to carrying a concealed weapon for her own protection after she had been threatened by a terrorist group.
Likewise, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has also aggressively pushed an anti-gun agenda while he himself is protected constantly by armed bodyguards. The same is true of left-wing documentarian Michael Moore.
And the Obama administration has been outspoken about its willingness to circumvent Congress in its drive to increase gun control if Congress is not compliant.
"There are executive orders, executive action that can be taken," Biden said. He also said separate legislative action would be "required."
Second Amendment advocates have spoken out against indications the president may resort to executive order.
"Vice President Biden would do well to read the 2nd Amendment and revisit the meaning of the phrase 'shall not be infringed,'" Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., said in a statement. "Bypassing Congress to implement radical policies is never acceptable."
Meanwhile, gun advocates are working vehemently to enforce a standard that is applicable to both the political elite as well as the American people. Last month, a White House petition began to be circulated that called for making the White House and all federal buildings gun free zones. It also states that the gun-free zones should be applied to private schools such as the Sidwell Friends School “attended by the president’s daughters.”
The petition reads, “If the government believes gun free zones are a solution for citizens, the same standard should apply to government servants and employees.” Heres the main point...why should they have armed protection and not we the American people they are working to disarm us, yet want this protection for them sleves...are you all saying thats okay and their lives are more important than yours and your families ...wow I dont get that at all ...so its good for Bush to have it and not you ???
Nice of Obama to look after Bush like that.
It seems so to me.
Ok, so that makes more sense now. I wondered if it didn't have something to do with both Bush and Obama kind of being love em or hate em type presidents (they both seem to bring out extremes in people). But if all other Presidents have it, then it makes sense that they should too, no?
My mistake. They DID get lifetime protection until 1997 when the law was changed. However, any president who was in office prior to 1997 continued to get lifetime protection. This leaves George W Bush and Barak Obama as the only ones who would have been restricted to 10 years. Now they will both get the same protection that every other president has had.
"You're right adgal, they do already get lifetime Secret Service protection. ."
Not correct.
Just as the article says, they get protection up TO ten years after they leave office. Here's the info straight from the SS's site:
http://www.secretservice.gov/protection.shtml
My issue with this is...aren't there bigger priorities right now? Aren't we supposed to be looking into trying CUTTING spending, not sending more? I don't really have an issue with them getting lifetime protection, but as I see it, both Pres Bush and Obama are still covered under the 1997 legislation.
Not correct.
Just as the article says, they get protection up TO ten years after they leave office. Here's the info straight from the SS's site:
http://www.secretservice.gov/protection.shtml
My issue with this is...aren't there bigger priorities right now? Aren't we supposed to be looking into trying CUTTING spending, not sending more? I don't really have an issue with them getting lifetime protection, but as I see it, both Pres Bush and Obama are still covered under the 1997 legislation.
He signed it in yesterday ..Obama signs bill giving himself lifetime Secret Service ...
President Barack Obama signed a bill into law on Thursday guaranteeing himself Secret Service protection for the rest of his life. White House press secretary Jay ...
dailycaller.com/2013/01/10/obama-signs-bill-giving... - Cached Lot more links out there just put it into any search engine
President Barack Obama signed a bill into law on Thursday guaranteeing himself Secret Service protection for the rest of his life. White House press secretary Jay ...
dailycaller.com/2013/01/10/obama-signs-bill-giving... - Cached Lot more links out there just put it into any search engine
I think another function of the secret service is to protect in ways such as knocking their charge out of the way of harm, taking a bullet for them if necessary, etc. I too thought this was something they all have as well.
The irony of Obama seeking to surround himself with armed men for the rest of his life while simultaneously working to disarm the American people via a gun control agenda that is likely to be enforced via executive decree represents the height of hypocrisy.
But it’s not the first time that Obama has lauded the notion of responsible Americans using firearms to protect himself and his family while concurrently eviscerating that very same right for the American people.
During an ABC Nightline interview broadcast on December 26 yet recorded before the Sandy Hook shooting, Obama said one of the benefits of his re-election was the ability “to have men with guns around at all times,” in order to protect his daughters.
In addition, the school attended by Obama’s daughters in Washington D.C. has no less than 11 armed security guards on duty at all times, yet the idea of arming teachers and school officials to prevent school massacres has been dismissed by gun control advocates who want school campuses to remain “gun free zones” where victims are disarmed and shooters are free to carry out their rampage unimpeded.
The hypocrisy of gun control advocates who feverishly work to create victim disarmament yet surround themselves with armed men is rampant amongst the political class.
But it’s not the first time that Obama has lauded the notion of responsible Americans using firearms to protect himself and his family while concurrently eviscerating that very same right for the American people.
During an ABC Nightline interview broadcast on December 26 yet recorded before the Sandy Hook shooting, Obama said one of the benefits of his re-election was the ability “to have men with guns around at all times,” in order to protect his daughters.
In addition, the school attended by Obama’s daughters in Washington D.C. has no less than 11 armed security guards on duty at all times, yet the idea of arming teachers and school officials to prevent school massacres has been dismissed by gun control advocates who want school campuses to remain “gun free zones” where victims are disarmed and shooters are free to carry out their rampage unimpeded.
The hypocrisy of gun control advocates who feverishly work to create victim disarmament yet surround themselves with armed men is rampant amongst the political class.
You're right adgal, they do already get lifetime Secret Service protection.
The thinking is that they want to disarm the rest of us ...yet have armed protection themselves..making their lives and their families lives more important than ours , maybe just a tad of a double standard .
Huh. Learn something new everyday. I had always thought former Presidents already got lifetime Secret Service Protection.
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