Julia Pierson
, who was put through the ringer yesterday in a congressional hearing, has resigned as director of the Secret Service. Her resignation follows the Sept. 18 intrusion onto the White House grounds by a man who leaped the fence and made it all the way to the Green Room before being subdued.

She’s worked for the Secret Service for 30 years. NPR reports the story.

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