Julia Pierson Jadi Wanita Pertama Pimpin Secret Service
Julia Pierson as First Female Secret Service Director
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Translator : Parulian Manalu
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Washington (B2B) - Presiden Amerika Serikat Barrack Obama telah memilih agen kawakan Julia Pierson untuk memimpin dinas pengawal presiden atau Secret Service. Setahun setelah reputasi pengawal presiden tercoreng lantaran skandal prostitusi di Kolombia.
Pierson menjadi perempuan pertama yang menjadi Direktur Secret Service, kata anggota dinas tersebut, Selasa.
Pierson sebelumnya adalah Kepala Staf Dinas Secret Service. Dinas rahasia itu tahun lalu menjadi sorotan karena skandal para anggotanya yang menyewa pelacur di hotel di Colombia menjelang kunjungan Obama ke negara tersebut.
Perempuan asal Florida itu mengawali karirnya di Secret Service sebagai agen khusus di kantor Miami pada 1983 dan mulai 1988 bertugas pada divisi pelindung presiden selama empat tahun, seperti dikutip Yahoo.
Pierson akan menggantikan pejabat lama Mark Sullivan --yang pensiun pada Februari lalu. Jabatan Direktur Secret Service tidak memerlukan persetujuan senat.
Washington - President Barack Obama on Tuesday chose veteran agent Julia Pierson to lead the Secret Service, the first woman to head the agency, a year after its reputation was tarnished by a scandal involving male agents and prostitutes in Colombia.
Pierson became the first woman to become Director of the Secret Service, said the service members on Tuesday.
Pierson previously was Chief of Staff, Office of the Secret Service. Secret Service was highlighted last year because of the scandal of its members who hire prostitutes at hotels in Colombia ahead of Obama´s visit to the country.
Pierson, a native of Florida, is currently chief of staff at the Secret Service and began her career as a special agent with the Miami field office in 1983. The director´s position does not require confirmation by the U.S. Senate.
Pierson will replace Mark Sullivan, who was in charge during the Colombia scandal - one of the worst in the agency´s history. He retired as director in February.
