Secret Service ‘monitoring’ threat environment ahead of Asia-Pacific summit


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Leaders of nations from the Pacific region will gather in San Francisco for the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in San Francisco next week -- and the U.S. Secret Service has a plan to thwart threats amid heightened international tensions. With wars ongoing in multiple regions across the globe and an elevated threat environment, leaders from the Secret Service -- the agency responsible for securing the event -- say they are taking no chances. "We're always monitoring the current environment and potential threats," Secret Service Director Kim Cheadle told ABC News in an interview. "We have seen, obviously, over the...