Ms. Klobuchar had just returned from a national security trip and was in the middle of what she jokingly said was a "post-recess-organize-the-purse-mode," transferring the contents of a brown leather backpack that she had carried on her Middle East tour into her everyday carryall.
Any downgrades from this optimistic pack could send the security tripping lower.
The New York Times said Rice had appeared "baffled and annoyed" that the president had been forced to leave Air Force One through a door normally reserved for high-security trips to places such as Afghanistan.
The high-security trip to Mingora in the Swat Valley was a closely-guarded secret.
They're also investigating three other instances when Pruitt brought his security on trips, paid for by taxpayers.
Mr. Kasit, a former professor, was in Washington to attend a summit meeting on nuclear security, a trip Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva had to cancel because of the unrest.
By the end of the day, Mrs. Bush was laughing about her tour of the Pisa tower, a cumbersome affair with dozens of security people, tripping photographers and gawking tourists, many of whom had no idea who she was.
On a recent security consulting trip to Romania he visited a small museum in Constanta and found himself worrying about the paintings too much to enjoy them: no locks to fasten them to the walls, hanging wires too thin, security-camera sightlines blocked, one docent to watch three floors.
Among Sanchez's other tasks were writing down and summarising Castro's diary entries and organising security on his trips abroad.
Since I started writing about Hungary, I have received mountains of hate mail, been ambushed by non-academic criticism in academic settings and gotten death threats to the point where I need security on my trips back to Budapest.
You'll get paid a handsome salary with great benefits; have a car and driver at your disposal 24/7; be protected by a security detail; take trips to glamorous destinations to conduct "trade talks" and, to top it off, you'll receive a generous pension when you're done.
