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The US Secret Service was initially created in 1865 to fight the widespread counterfeiting of US currency. It did not begin its protective role until the assassination of President McKinley in 1901.

Ironically, the approval of the service was one of the last official acts of President Abraham Lincoln, on April 14, 1865. Lincoln was shot that evening at Ford's theater, his single police bodyguard having left him unprotected.

On March 1, 2003, the Secret Service became part of the Department of Homeland Security.

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