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\n The White House is making security-focused upgrades to its front door, an official told CNN, in a project that\u2019s expected to take months.\n <\/p>

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\n The changes, which sources said have long been advocated by the US Secret Service, are aimed at fortifying the White House entrance at the North Portico, which has recently been obscured by scaffolding and a tarp as workers repair the exterior columns at President Donald Trump\u2019s request.\n <\/p>\n

\n But unlike many of Trump\u2019s projects around the White House \u2014 from hanging gold signage to paving the Rose Garden \u2014 the work on the front door is not cosmetic, and instead focused on enhancing its security, the White House official said.\n <\/p>\n

\n The US Secret Service did not immediately respond to CNN\u2019s request for comment.\n <\/p>\n

\n The security enhancements come as Trump has been the target of multiple assassination attempts, including at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner at the Washington Hilton in April. And last month, there was an alleged plot to attack the UFC fight on the White House South Lawn. Officials have pointed to those incidents as justification for the president\u2019s sprawling, 90,000-square-foot ballroom project, which they\u2019ve said is expected to include a sophisticated drone port and sniper nests, along with a secure underground bunker.\n <\/p>\n

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\n The North Portico fortifications are expected to be complete by approximately mid-September, the White House official said.\n <\/p>

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\n On Friday morning, a third panel of tarp featuring an image of the White House exterior was unfurled around the North Portico scaffolding, where the work on the columns is ongoing.\n <\/p>\n

\n Interior Secretary Doug Burgum had predicted that the column project, which involves stone restoration work, would be done \u201cquickly,\u201d and it was unclear why the tarp had been installed.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt\u2019ll go very quickly. I think they\u2019ve been up, maybe, just about 10 days now, but these guys work very quick,\u201d Burgum said in a recent appearance on \u201cThe Katie Miller Podcast.\u201d\n <\/p>

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