bearskin Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 my wife asked me this question tonight...if the president and the vice president are killed, who takes over? I told her the secretary of state...can you answer this for us? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jaspossum Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 not really sure, but I thought it was the speaker of the house.EDIT: Found this,Here is the Presidential line of succession, as specified by 3 USC 19 (and the current office holder):Vice President (Richard B. Cheney) Speaker of the House of Representatives (Dennis Hastert) President pro tempore of the Senate (Ted Stevens) Secretary of State (Colin Powell) Secretary of the Treasury (John W. Snow) Secretary of Defense (Donald Rumsfeld) Attorney General (John Ashcroft) Secretary of the Interior (Gale Norton) Secretary of Agriculture (Ann M. Veneman) Secretary of Commerce (Donald L. Evans) Secretary of Labor (Elaine L. Chao, ineligible: see note below) Secretary of Health and Human Services (Tommy G. Thompson) Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Alphonso Jackson) Secretary of Transportation (Norman Yoshio Mineta) Secretary of Energy (Spencer Abraham) Secretary of Education (Roderick Paige) Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Anthony J. Principi) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikex Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 speaker of the house then some lackey after that.M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bearskin Posted November 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 thanks guys....I quit school in 1958 so I'm a little rusty about gov. stuff....[didn't do well in history either]...hahahahaha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikex Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 that was when schools were one room red buildings.HAHAHA M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bryanernest Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 Yup and you had to walk three miles to school and it was uphill both waysBryan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jaspossum Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 With snow up to your chest in the winter........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tenmm Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 And the restless "natives"were behind every bush,except the ones you had too fight hand to hand...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bearskin Posted November 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 well actually my school was 2 story with a basement.....only had to walk a mile because riding the bus was soooooo uncool...hahahaha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martymas Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 or like me i used to ride a pony to school.and the bugger didnt want me on his backso quite often i was. as my father used to say, dispatched from the horse.and i still have a few of those bruises today. when it came to horses i was no hoppalong cassidy take care all marty Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 oh... just read that the answer was posted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tictoc5150 Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 I wonder is the Secretary of Veterans Affairs ever thought "gee, if 17 people were to die in a mysterious hunting accident, I'd be da man!!!!"....lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darrenkook Posted November 3, 2004 Report Share Posted November 3, 2004 I used to watch the bus go by my house and say...darn it.....missed the bus...gotta stay home...fortunately all of my friends had the same problem.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robroy Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Had top ride a biciycle 3 miles. no school buses in BritainJD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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