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2 U.S. Secret Service agents fired over White House breach

Xinhua, April 14, 2017 Adjust font size:

Two Secret Service agents have been fired over a breach of White House grounds in March, U.S. media on Thursday cited law enforcement sources as saying.

The two Uniformed Division officers who were fired were in charge of posts at the Treasury Building and at an entrance to East Executive Avenue, both serving less than a year on the job, CNN cited the source as saying.

A man was arrested on March 10 for entering White House grounds. Caught near the southern entrance of the presidential residence, he was identified as 26-years-old Jonathan Tran. It is understood that U.S. President Donald Trump was inside the White House at the time.

The incident is still under investigation, according to the Secret Service. Endi