More than 40,000 people signed the petition, which was the required threshold to force a response from the White House at the time. The White House has since increased the threshold to 100,000 signatures. The Obama administration this week dismissed the request, explaining that Congress mandates round-the-clock protection for the president – a law that was established after the 25thUS president, William McKinley, was shot and fatally wounded in 1901.
Posted on: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 07:15:08 +0000