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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Hmmm. Interesting ... looks like 10 years after he is out of office, "Dubya" will lose his Secret Service detail ...

From the USSS Webpage:

In 1965, Congress authorized the Secret Service (Public Law 89-186) to protect a former President and his/her spouse during their lifetime, unless they decline protection. Congress recently enacted legislation that limits Secret Service protection for former Presidents to ten years after leaving office. Under this new law, individuals who are in office before Jan. 1, 1997 will continue to recieve Secret Service protection for their lifetime. Individuals elected to office after that time will receive protection for ten years after leaving office. Therefore, President Clinton will be the last President to receive lifetime protection.

Title 18, Section 3056 of the US Code states, "The United States Secret Service is authorized to protect former Presidents and their spouses for their lifetimes, except that protection of a spouse shall terminate in the event of remarriage unless the former President did not serve as President prior to Jan. 1, 1997, in which case, former President and their spouses for a period of not more than ten years from the date a former President leaves office, except that --

*Protection of a spouse shall terminate in the event of remarriage or the divorce from, or death of a former President; and

*should the death of a President occur while in office or within one year after leaving office, the spouse shall receive protection for one year from the time of such death.

Children of a former President who are under 16 years of age for a period not to exceed ten years or upon the child becoming 16 years of age, whichever comes first.
http://www.treas.gov/usss/

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :

Save that money.....

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Let's see, 1997. That would be during the Clinton Administration, so he's protected... but Chelsea isn't, since she's over 16.

Hmm...

Think she knows too much?

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Yeah, but she'll get a detail again when her Mom becomes the 44th President

JOKE! It's a JOKE! Put that machette down!

Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

It had better be a joke...

*shafted New Yorker here*

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Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :

I don't think I could vote for her as Pres....

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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

It is a joke. She'll be the 45th Pres -- Gore'll be 44th.

Posted by Saiyanman Benjita (Member # 122) on :

Yes, she'll wait until her senate term is over, giving Gore another opportunity for the Presidency. And he'll win, too. Unless he brings up the 2000 election.

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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Nope. Now that the bull market's coming back, and with the additional oil relieving the shortages in CA, (until the tree-huggers knuckle under to public demand and let them build new power plants), Bush'll go two terms. The spectre of Clinton will cling to Gore, who will drop out of public life, Hillary will get indicted on some scam, or not re-elected because she doesn't reside in NY anymore, which will leave the field wide open for me in 2008.

Then, with my creation of a multi-billion-dollar X-Prize and a guaranteed government contract going to the first public corporation to either produce a workable fusion reactor OR safely transmit 10 megawatts of power from space to reception on Earth, we will begin to produce unlimited cheap energy, thus making me the greatest President ever.

Then we start work on the NEA-SF&F.
And mining the Near Earth Asteroids.
And a full school year with dual or tri-subject days.
And early educational tracking for gifted students.
And the elimination of mandatory classes unrelated to one's major.
Nationwide firearms safety education and instruction programs.
Legislation making any person committing or fleeing from a crime they committed, unable to take any civil action against the consequences of their own crime (In other words, if you break into my house and I shoot you, you can't sue. If you die, your relatives can't sue. BUT, if a criminal jury finds me guilty of manslaughter for having shot you, I still go to jail. Or if you steal a car, and the cops chase you, and you crash, you can't sue if you're hurt. Or if you crash and burn, your family can't sue the cops for the consequences of your flight. CONDITIONAL upon proof of guilt, of course.)

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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

Excuse me, but you can't use USS Protection. It's used by me and my PBeM SIM RPG LWNL Online Starship USS Protection which is part of ALPHA BRAVO CHARLIE DELTA ECHO FOXTROT GOLD HOTEL INDIA JULIET KILO LIMA MIKE NOVEMBER OSCAR PAPA QUEBEC ROMEO SIERRA TANGO UNIFORM VICTOR WHISKY X-RAY YANKEE ZULU Fleet. Mine Is The:

USS Protection
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Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :

Um.

In a semi-related note, Hillary Clinton is "Madame President" today ... she drew the dute of President of the Senate, a job which rotates among the Senators

Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :

Now the power tripping begins, I mean for all the politicos....

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