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secretary of interior
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
Ken Salazar, the Secretary of Interior
Tom Vislack secretary of agriculture :)
Dirk Kempthorne, the Secretary of the Interior
Obama , B. The White House, Office of the Press Secretary. (2011). Remarks by the president in state of union addressWashington, D.C.: Retrieved from URL address.
Tom Vilsack - Agriculture Secretary
Steven Chu, United States Secretary of Energy
Which ever cabinet secretary does not attend
Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior
Since the entire federal government usually attends the State of the Union Message, it presents an opportunity, should there be a terrorist attack, that the persons next in line to succeed the President should he die in office, would also be killed. So it is the custom to have one cabinet member not attend the State of the Union. For President Obama's address on 27 January 2010, Secretary Hillary Clinton, Department of State, did not attend.