Too High or Too Low. A basic purpose of asking applicants for salary requirements is to use the response as part of the initial screening process.
So, who else do they protect? By law, the Secret Service protects the president and his family, the vice president and her family, the president-elect and his family and the vice president-elect and her family. Former presidents and their spouses also get lifetime protection. A spouse will lose a Secret Service detail if he or she gets remarried.
Martin H. Simon/Getty Images. President Obama signed a bill restoring lifetime Secret Service protection to former presidents, their spouses, and children under the age of 16 last week. One type of family member is absent from the new law: pets.