article_snippet.sent: It came despite an agent's recommendation in 2010 that the alarm, which was installed in 1993, be replaced because it 'had exceeded it life cycle'.
article_snippet.sent: the request was denied for an unknown reason.
article_snippet.sent: Some inside CBS News  contended that the agent was not sufficient to replace the alarm system, the Washington Post reported.
article_snippet.sent: In January, the Washington Post reported that the alarm system at Vice President Joe Biden's home was failing so agents had simply switched the alarm system at Vice President Joe Biden's home off.
article_snippet.sent: agents were told that budget constraints meant the repairs would have to wait.
highlights_snippet.sent: The alarm system at the former president's Houston property failed around September 2013 but was not replaced until December 2014 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The alarm system at the former president's Houston property came after an agent recommended in 2010 that the 20-year system be replaced but the request was denied .
  