A retired Marine major general has been named the new director of the US Secret Service.
Randolph Alles will oversee an agency beset for years with a series of high-profile embarrassments, continuing President Donald Trump's reliance on retired generals for top government posts..
Alles, who was in the Marine Corps for 35 years, has been the acting deputy commissioner of Customs and Border Protection and previously oversaw the agency's air and marine division.
He replaces Joseph Clancy, who retired from the top role for a second time in March.
Alles inherits an agency that has been dealing with a series of security and personnel issues.
Last month, a man jumped the White House fence and spent 15 minutes roaming the grounds, but the agency's problems came to light with a prostitution scandal during a South American summit during the Obama administration.
A 2014 review of the Secret Service found it was an "insular agency" in need of an outsider to lead it.
The recommendation came after Julia Pierson was forced to resign as director after multiple presidential security breaches were made public.
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