Ann Romney gets Secret Service protection

Protection for candidate's wife began Friday

By CNN Political Unit
POSTED: 10:53 AM MDT Aug 26, 2012    UPDATED: 11:54 AM MDT Aug 26, 2012 
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Ann Romney, wife of presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, was spotted with a Secret Service detail Sunday morning.

Ann Romney was seen with the detail in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, where she and her husband are spending some time before heading to Tampa, Florida, for the Republican National Convention.

Her press secretary, Sarah Haley, confirmed the protection began Friday.

Mitt Romney started receiving Secret Service protection in February while he campaigned for the GOP nomination.

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