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Secret Service Examines Suspicious Package Outside White House

by VOA News

   The United States Secret Service detained a man Tuesday with a
   mysterious package outside the White House.

   The Secret Service confirmed that the package was being examined and
   security parameters had been established.

   The man had approached a uniformed officer at 15th Street and
   Pennsylvania Avenue -- about a block from the White House -- making
   "suspicious comments."

   Tours in the East Wing of the White House have been suspended, but "all
   other activity continues as normal," according to the Secret Service.

   This incident follows a string of threats to White House security this
   month, including a person who jumped over a bicycle rack near a
   security check point and a week before that, a California man who
   climbed over the White House fence and roamed free on the grounds for
   about 17 minutes.