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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.
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What cabinet member did not attend the 2011 State of the Union Speech?
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
Which cabinet member is not present at the 2008 state of the union address?
Dirk Kempthorne, the Secretary of the Interior
What cabinet member is absent in 2012 state of the union address?
Tom Vislack secretary of agriculture :)
What cabinet member was left out of the 2011 state of the union address?
Ken Salazar, the Secretary of Interior
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 would be president if all elected officials died during the State of the Union address?
Which ever cabinet secretary does not attend
Which cabinet member is responsible for the collection of state taxes?
in Texas which cabinet member collection is responsible for texes
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
Which presidential administration member did not attend the state of the union address on January 25 2011?
Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior
Is secretary of state a member of the cabinet?
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.
