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The Vice President is responsible for situations in which the President fails to be present in decision making, or in cases in which he/she isn't present. Like back during "Reconstruction," President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated midterm in office. Andrew Johnson took his place and represented for him. YOU'VE BEEN SERVED!

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