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ROBERT GATES 'DESIGNATED SUCCESSOR' ON INAUGURATION DAY - will be at UNDISCLOSED LOCATION
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Jan-19-2009
Gates To Be Designated Successor On Inauguration Day
Because of the gathering of top officials in one spot during the inaugural -- much like at the State of the Union -- there will be a designated successor tomorrow, a person in the line of succession who will not attend and will be in an undisclosed secure location.
The Bush administration and the incoming Obama team have agreed that the person will be Defense Secretary Robert Gates. [link to firstread.msnbc.msn.com]
"In order to ensure continuity of government, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been designated by the outgoing Administration, with the concurrence of the incoming Administration, to serve as the designated successor during Inauguration Day, Tuesday, January 20th," White House press Secretary Dana Perino said.
According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, if the president is unable to fulfill his duties, the Vice President succeeds him, followed by the Speaker of the House, the President pro tempore of the Senate (traditionally the senior member of the majority party), The Secretary of the Treasury, and then the Secretary of Defense. (The succession order continues from there ' You can see the full list here.) [1] "In order to ensure continuity of government, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been designated by the outgoing administration, with the concurrence of the incoming administration, to serve as the designated successor during Inauguration Day, Tuesday, January 20th," Perino said. It is common practice for one senior U.S. official to sit out major events, like the annual State of the Union speech, to ensure that the U.S. government has clear leadership in the event of a disaster or terrorist attack.[2]
WASHINGTON (AFP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will sit out Barack Obama's inauguration at an undisclosed location as the "designated successor" in the event of a catastrophe, the White House announced Monday. While the eyes of the world are glued Tuesday to Obama's historic swearing-in, attended by outgoing U.S. President George W. Bush and both outgoing and incoming senior aides, Gates will stay away, said spokeswoman Dana Perino.[2]
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