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“I’ve never seen this many security teams for one guy,” the official said. “Nobody has.”
Historically about 150 of the agency’s approximately 1,500 agents serve on VIP security details, according to people familiar with the matter, who said that when Hegseth took office a call went out for many more. Now there are hundreds assigned to personal protective duty, these people said. One person characterized the figure as “400 and going up.” Another said it’s “over 500.”
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The problem(s) with Trump declaring himself a ‘war hero’
He told the Washington Post in 2015 of his repeated Vietnam-era deferments: “I’ve always felt somewhat guilty because I didn’t serve like many other people.” In 2019 he cited a desire to “make up for it.”
His method of compensating for that? Comparing his sacrifices to those of actual service members.
Twenty members of the Defense Department are set to begin working as special assistant U.S. attorneys — federal prosecutors — in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia next week, two people familiar with the matter told NBC News.
Tim Lauer, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office, confirmed the move, saying members of the Judge Advocate General Corps would be joining the office, though he did not know how long the detail would last.