Obama threatens to turn Secret Service on daughters' suitors

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EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin (AFP) — Barack Obama came clean Sunday on his true motivation behind running for president -- to keep his daughters safe from undesirable suitors.

"The real reason is Secret Service protection for my two girls as they enter into their teenaged years," the Democrat said, joking with voters at a barbecue here in a woodland setting beside a lake.

"Whatever young guy comes by for a date, we're going to have one of these mean-looking guys who don't crack a smile. They're armed. They're dangerous," he said, pointing to the dark-suited agents monitoring the good-natured crowd.

Obama offered Secret Service vetting to a local man, so that he could investigate the background of his daughter's fiance ahead of their wedding Monday.

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