Obama Appoints First Woman Secret Service Boss

Barack Obama has appointed the first woman to be the head of the country's Secret Service in the wake of the recent prostitution scandal.

The "historic decision" to give the role to Julia Pierson signals the President's desire to change the culture at the male-dominated agency, which is charged with protecting Mr Obama and his family.

The Secret Service has come in for significant criticism following revelations that 13 agents were involved in a  sordid sex fiasco during preparations for Mr Obama's trip to Cartagena, Columbia, last year.

The men enjoyed a night of partying in the resort city and then brought women, some of them prostitutes, to the hotel where they were staying.

It became public after one of the men refused to pay a prostitute and an argument broke out in the hotel hallway.

The news overshadowed Mr Obama's trip and raised serious questions about the culture of the Secret Service.

Republican Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa said Ms Pierson "has a lot of work ahead of her to create a culture that respects the important job the agency is tasked with."

An agent's row with Dania Suarez made the prostitution scandal public

Announcing her appointment, Mr Obama said: "Over her 30 years of experience with the Secret Service, Julia has consistently exemplified the spirit and dedication the men and women of the service demonstrate every day."

Ms Pierson, who started as a special agent in Miami in 1983 and previously worked as a police officer in Orlando, takes over from Mike Sullivan, who announced his retirement last month.

At the Secret Service, Ms Pierson has served as deputy assistant director of the office of protective operations, assistant director of human resources and training and chief of staff. She was already the highest-ranking woman at the agency.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano also praised Mr Obama's "historic decision" to name Ms Pierson as the service's first female director.

Following the prostitution debacle, eight employees were forced out of the agency, while three were cleared of serious misconduct.

A new code of conduct was introduced that banned employees from drinking within 10 hours of starting a shift or bringing foreign nationals back to their hotel rooms.

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