U.S. Agents Remove Buchanan Backer’s Gun
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Secret Service agents, in their first day on the job with Republican presidential candidate Patrick J. Buchanan, disarmed a gun-toting supporter waiting for him at Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota on Wednesday.
Interior Department and Treasury officials identified the supporter as Art Oakes, a rancher who recently became western South Dakota coordinator for the Buchanan campaign. Oakes declined to say whether it was he who had the weapon or why.
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