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3 agents in scandal are leaving the Secret Service

By Alicia A. Caldwell

 |  Associated Press  

  April 19, 2012

The prostitution scandal at the Secret Service claimed its first casualties Wednesday. The agency announced three agents are leaving the service, even as separate U.S. government investigations were under way. The tawdry episode took a sharp political turn when presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said he would fire the agents involved.

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