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A Secret Service spokesman identified the man as Michel
Bechard and said he was charged with assault and indecent
exposure.
Bechard had approached uniformed Secret Service officers at a
White House security checkpoint at about 3 p.m. EDT/1900 GMT and
then "proceeded to get fully undressed," the spokesman said.
Officers subdued the man, covered him and sent him to a hospital
for treatment of minor injuries suffered in the tussle.
A reporter for the Daily Caller website, who was entering the
White House through the same checkpoint, said the man had told
the Secret Service officers he had a 3 p.m. appointment with
President Barack Obama and presented his identification. The
reporter said the ID was rejected because it was from a foreign
country and the man then began undressing while insisting that
he had to keep his appointment with Obama.
(Writing by Bill Trott; Editing by Dan Grebler)
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Man Arrested Outside White House Gate
