U.S. President Barack Obama kisses his wife, Michelle, during an event in Tucson, Arizona, in 2011. To her right is Secret Service agent Joe Clancy. A White House official said that Clancy, the former chief of Obama's personal security, has been chosen by the President to lead the Secret Service. Clancy has been the agency's interim director for the past four months.
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Clancy talks with students in Detroit during a youth leadership and mentoring luncheon in May 2010.
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Clancy, right, walks with the first family after they attended church in October 2009.
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Clancy left the Secret Service in 2011 to become the head of corporate security at Comcast, but Obama asked him back to assume the interim director role in October.
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Clancy, right, holds the door for Obama during a trip to the Vatican in July 2009.
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Clancy, far right, discusses security measures aboard Air Force One in April 2009.
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Clancy holds the door for President George W. Bush in October 2008.
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Clancy follows Bush at a Washington church in January 2005.
