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The Cabinet has 15 members, of which the secretary of state is highest and fourth in line (after the Senate president pro tem); the other Cabinet secretaries follow in the order of when their departments (or the department of which their department is the successor) were created.
1 kwi 2019 · In the event that the U.S. President should die or become completely unable to perform his or her duties, a line of succession has been in place since the country's early days.
29 wrz 2017 · The executive branch of the U.S. government is led by the president, whose main role is to administer the government, enforce laws, conduct foreign relations and command the military. This puts the president in charge of an executive branch that employs more than four million people.
4 lis 2024 · A guide to the order in which federal government members assume the powers and duties of the U.S. president upon an elected president's death, resignation, or removal from office.
Learn about the presidential line of succesion. See the order of government officials to take over if the president cannot carry out the duties of the office.
In a military context, the chain of command is the line of authority and responsibility along which orders are passed within a military unit and between different units. In simpler terms, the chain of command is the succession of leaders through which command is exercised and executed.
12 kwi 2021 · This study addresses this question by employing new institutional data on all state and local air agencies to examine how decision-making authority competes or reinforces political appointee’s efforts to shape agency actions.