Trump Appointed New Secret Service Director
Randolph "Tex" Alles, a retired Marine Corps general, was selected to lead the US Secret Service
Dan Arkin
| 26/04/2017
President Trump has selected Randolph "Tex" Alles, a retired Marine Corps general and acting deputy commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, to lead the Secret Service, the White House announced on Tuesday.
Alles, a retired Marine two-star general, currently serves as acting deputy commissioner of Customs and Border Protection. He joined CBP in 2012, after retiring from the Marine Corps after 35 years of military service. Mr. Alles is the first Secret Service director in at least a century not to have served in the agency’s ranks.
Mr. Alles, who goes by Tex, will be charged with rebuilding the agency’s ranks, which have been racked by high attrition and low morale. He is also likely to face tough choices about the future of its investigative tasks, a lower-profile but longstanding aspect of its mission.
Randolph "Tex" Alles, a retired Marine Corps general, was selected to lead the US Secret Service
President Trump has selected Randolph "Tex" Alles, a retired Marine Corps general and acting deputy commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, to lead the Secret Service, the White House announced on Tuesday.
Alles, a retired Marine two-star general, currently serves as acting deputy commissioner of Customs and Border Protection. He joined CBP in 2012, after retiring from the Marine Corps after 35 years of military service. Mr. Alles is the first Secret Service director in at least a century not to have served in the agency’s ranks.
Mr. Alles, who goes by Tex, will be charged with rebuilding the agency’s ranks, which have been racked by high attrition and low morale. He is also likely to face tough choices about the future of its investigative tasks, a lower-profile but longstanding aspect of its mission.
