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  1. President
  2. Vice President
  3. Speaker of the House
  4. President pro tempore of the Senate
  5. Secretary of State
  6. Secretary of the Treasury
  7. Secretary of Defense.
  8. Attorney General
  9. Secretary of the Interior
  10. Secretary of Agriculture
  11. Secretary of Commerce
  12. Secretary of Labor
  13. Secretary of Health and Human Services
  14. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
  15. Secretary of Transportation
  16. Secretary of Energy
  17. Secretary of Education
  18. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
  19. Secretary of Homeland Security
  20. Following the last position above would be the top military commander/s. (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff & Secretaries of the Army, Navy, & Air Force.)

The US Govt. does not have a "Chain of Command" because it is not a military structure. It's actually called the "Order of Succession", a government term, and is commonly confused with the Military term "Chain of Command". The Chain of Command is the line of authority and responsibility along which orders are passed within a military unit and between different units.

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Army Chain of Command

  1. Commander-in-Chief
  2. Secretary of Defense
  3. Secretary of the Army
  4. Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff US Army
  5. Army Chief of Staff
  6. TRADOC Commander
  7. Accessions Command Commander
  8. Cadet Command Commander
  9. 4th Brigade Commander
  10. Sergeant Major Of The Army
  11. TRADOC CSM
  12. Accessions Command CSM
  13. Cadet Command CSM
  14. 4th Brigade CSM
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