All US presidents, family to get lifetime protection
January 11, 2013  10:54
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US President Barack Obama signed into law a legislation that extends life time protection to all former American presidents, and their family members including children till the age of 16.

The 'Former Presidents Protection Act of 2012,' restores lifetime Secret Service protection of former presidents who did not serve as President prior to January 1, 1997, and their spouses.

It provides for protection of all children of former Presidents until they become 16 years of age; the White House said. The bill reverses a previous law that limited Secret Service protection for former presidents and their families to 10 years if they served after 1997.
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