The President and His Cabinet

[Keith Broaders]

In order of succession to the Presidency:

Vice President of the United States
Joseph R. Biden

Speaker of the House of Representatives
John Boehner

President Pro Tem of the Senate
 Patrick Leahy

Department of State
Secretary John Kerry
http://www.state.gov

Department of the Treasury
Secretary Jack Lew
http://www.treasury.gov

Department of Defense
Secretary Chuck Hagel
http://www.defense.gov

Department of Justice
Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr.
http://www.usdoj.gov

Department of the Interior
Secretary Sally Jewell
http://www.doi.gov

Department of Agriculture
Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack
http://www.usda.gov

Department of Commerce
Secretary Penny Pritzker
http://www.commerce.gov

Department of Labor
Secretary Thomas E. Perez
http://www.dol.gov

Department of Health and Human Services
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
http://www.hhs.gov

Department of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary Shaun L.S. Donovan
http://www.hud.gov

Department of Transportation
Secretary Anthony Foxx
http://www.dot.gov

Department of Energy
Secretary Ernest Moniz
http://www.energy.gov

Department of Education
Secretary Arne Duncan
http://www.ed.gov

Department of Veterans Affairs
Secretary Eric K. Shinseki
http://www.va.gov

Department of Homeland Security
Secretary Janet A. Napolitano
http://www.dhs.gov

The following positions have the status of Cabinet-rank:

White House Chief of Staff
Denis McDonough

Environmental Protection Agency
Administrator Gina McCarthy
http://www.epa.gov

Office of Management & Budget
Director Sylvia Burwell
whitehouse.gov/omb

United States Trade Representative
Ambassador Michael Froman
www.ustr.gov

United States Mission to the United Nations
Ambassador Samantha Power
usun.state.gov/

Council of Economic Advisers
Chairman Jason Furman
www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cea/

Small Business Administration
Administrator Karen G. Mills
www.sba.gov/

[Keith Broaders]

Did you know that if President Obama, Joe Biden, John Boehner, Patrick Leahy, John Kerry, Jack Lew and Chuck Hagel were all killed at the same time that the new President would be Eric Holder? Does this line of succession make any sense at all?