"They are very determined," said Hill. "They are going to do the job - no matter what - and prevent anything from happening. Politics doesn't enter into it."
Protecting the president and other government officials is only part of the Secret Service's mission.
Since the organization began in 1865, its primarily mission has involved protecting the integrity of the nation's financial system. Its agents investigate crimes involving the counterfeiting of U.S. and foreign currency and other securities.
Special Agent Byron Tarver is based in Bangkok, Thailand. He says the Secret Service office there concentrates on anti-counterfeit efforts.
"Counterfeit here in our region is active, mainly toward the south in Malaysia and Indonesia, not so much here in Thailand," said Tarver. "Several years ago, we had a lot more activity, but it seems to be on a lull. Counterfeit seems to come in peaks and valleys."
With advances in technology, the U.S. Secret Service has expanded its investigations to include financial institution fraud, counterfeit credit cards and computer crimes.
Yet it is the service's protection of the president that most people see. But it is what people do not see that agents also consider important.
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