Top 10 Secret Service Code Names

As GOP candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum's Secret Service code names come to light, TIME takes a look back at some of the better Secret Service monikers throughout history

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secret service codenames karenna gore

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An unfortunate choice perhaps, but Gore has nobody to blame but herself. Nineteen years old when her father became vice president in 1993, Karenna was told she could pick her own codename, as long as it had two syllables and started with an "s." Ever since, she wrote in 1997, "I have been cringing."

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