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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Among the things he highlighted:- The agency increased the staff assigned to Trump and expanded its use of drone technology to get a high-level view of venues.- Secret Service personnel are required to be at the same location as state and local law enforcement while protecting someone to avoid some of the communications failures from the Butler rally.-
45% : The gunman, Thomas Crooks, climbed onto the roof of a nearby building and opened fire as Trump spoke.
45% : Critics have questioned how Routh was able to camp out for so long at a golf course Trump often visited while in town.
36% : Crooks was killed by a Secret Service countersniper, and Trump was surrounded by agents and hustled offstage.
35% : Ronald Rowe is set to testify Thursday in front of a bipartisan House task force investigating how the Secret Service, which protects the highest echelon of American leaders, performed during two assassination attempts against Trump in two months.
34% : Already, the fallout has included the resignation of the agency´s previous director and changes that increased Secret Service protections for Trump before the Republican won the November election.
33% : Trump has not yet named his pick to lead the agency.
25% : Trump was wounded in the ear, one rallygoer was killed, and two others were wounded.
16% : Another assassination attempt on Trump in Florida two months later also contributed to the agency's troubles.
7% : Ryan Wesley Routh is accused of lying in wait for Trump on Sept. 15 in the shrubbery of one of Trump's Florida golf courses in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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