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White House Security Breach

People around the world were stunned to learn this week just how easy it is to get inside America's white house - which you would think is one of the most secure buildings on earth!

But last week, a 42-year old man who once served in the U.S. military managed to scale a fence and get inside. He was apprehended just after making it past the north doors. The secret service, which is supposed to guard the president and his family, later took him to a medical center for an evaluation. There are still 'lots' of questions about how he got onto the grounds, but the president was never in danger. He and his daughters had left minutes earlier from another part of the building, on their way to the Camp David retreat.

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