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Secret Service code names through history

Published On: Sep 14 2012 03:33:14 AM PDT   Updated On: Sep 13 2012 11:00:00 PM PDT

Since the Secret Service now scrambles its radio communications, there’s no longer much of a security reason for giving presidents and candidates code names, but they are still used out of tradition. Here are some of the not-so-secret code names White House seekers and those close to them have received over the years.

Code names - John Kerry
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Courtesy of U.S. Sen. John Kerry

2004 presidential nominee John Kerry was called “Minuteman.” His wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, was “Mahogany.”

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