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Which cabinet member did not attend the 2012 state of the union address?
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.
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 runs the country during the State of the Union Address?
Members of Congress will select one of the Cabinet Members to be absent from the State of the Union Address in order for the Government to run continuously.
What is a cabinet members?
A Cabinet member is one of the Ministers of the British government.
Why is one member of the cabinet absent from the address?
In case of a tragedy at the address, leaving a cabinet member absent allows for continuity of government.
What does the executive cabinet do at the state level?
One of the principal purposes of the Cabinet (drawn from Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution) is to advise the President on any subject he/she may require relating to the duties of their respective offices.
Were the signers of the Declaration of Independence cabinet members?
Off the top of my head, I can only think of one signer who became a cabinet member, and that was Thomas Jefferson, who was Secretary of State under Washington, but he resigned in 1793.
Is Delhi a state or a union territory?
Delhi is a state now. It has got a chief minister (sheila dikshit) and cabinet ministers governing it.
What is the cabinet member's title?
It depwnds on which one... Some include attprney general postmaster (something) and secretary (of their department, secretary of state, secretary of defence etc.)
Does a member of union j live with a member of one direction?
No, the members of Union J & One Direction have never spoken or met.
What was one decision made by a member of Washington's cabinet?
creating a national bank
How one becomes a member of the cabinet?
Cabinet members are appointed by the president, but must be approved by the Senate. Many are politicians who supported the President.
