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Why doesn't one cabinet member go to the state of the union address?
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∙ 13y ago
Typically a junior Secretary does not attend, simply because of the concept of a Designated Survivor, should some disaster befall Washington while the vast majority of administration officials and members of Congress are gathered in one place.
In 2014, it was Energy Secretary Stephen Chu.
In 2015, it was Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz.
In 2016, it was Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, but President Pro Tempore of the Senate Orrin Hatch also watched the address as a legislative designate, already 3rd-in-line for succession. This duo was again selected for President Trump's inauguration in 2017.
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What cabinet member was left out of the 2011 state of the union address?
Ken Salazar, the Secretary of Interior
What cabinet member is absent in 2012 state of the union address?
Tom Vislack secretary of agriculture :)
Which cabinet member is not present at the 2008 state of the union address?
Dirk Kempthorne, the Secretary of the Interior
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What cabinet member takes over as president should everyone be killed during the state of the union address?
Secretary of Transportation Succession goes through the Cabinet in the order that the positions were created.
Who is the first member of the cabinet?
Secretary of State
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Yes, she is; she heads the state department.
Cabinet member's title?
Most of them hold the title of Secretary of whatever department they head, Secretary of State being an example. The Attorney General heads the justice department. In years past, the Postmaster General was a cabinet member. The usual form of address is "Mr. (or Madame) Secretary", if that's what you were asking.
What is cabinet lekgotla?
Cabinet Lekgotla provides the basis for the President's State of the Nation address.
Why was cabinet member Dirk Kempthorne not present at the 2008 State of the Union Address?
The presidential line of succession goes like this: 1) vice-president 2) Speaker of the Hosue 3) President Pro Tempore of the Senate 4) Members of the Cabinet in the order in which the departments were created. This means that if the president dies, resigns or is removed from office, the vice-president becomes president. If the president and vice-president die, resign or are removed from office, then the Speaker of the House becomes president, etc. etc. Since all 18 people in the presidential line of succession could potentially be at the president's state of the union address, one Cabinet member does not attend in case there would be some sort of disastrous bombing at the State of the Union Address that killed the president, vice-president, speaker of the house, president pro tempore of the senate and the Cabinet members. The surviving Cabinet member who is not at the state of the union address becomes president so that if nothing else, the American people know who their leader is. In 2008, the Cabinet member that did not attend was Dirk Kempthorne.
Who was the only qualified member of Jacksons first cabinet?
Martin Van Buren, Secretary of State, was probably the most distinguished member of Jackson's first cabinet.
Was Edmund randolph George Washington's cabinet member?
secretary of state
