Herman Cain will be the first of the Republican candidates to receive Secret Service protection, according to the Secret Service.
Cain's campaign requested the protection and it was authorized today by a congressional advisory committee and Homeland Security Sec. Janet Napolitano. That committee is tasked with identifying "major" candidates in need of protection.
“Secretary Napolitano at the request of the Cain campaign consulted with congressional advisory committee which today authorized protection for Cain," George Ogilvy, a spokesman for the Secret Service, told ABC News.