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Streets in the area were closed as U.S. Park Police, Washington D.C. Metro Police and the Secret Service investigated the vehicle at Vermont and H Street Northwest.
A source close to the investigation tells FoxNews.com the suspect, identified as Krsytoff Wasik, told authorities he had a bomb and his vehicle was rigged with explosives. The vehicle was reportedly the cab of a tractor trailer.
Secret Service front man Brian Leary says the vehicle was reported just before 5 a.m. in the area of the White House and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Officials have cleared the vehicle and streets in the area are now open.
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