dont kill me for this but i need it

[desperado]

i asked earlier what member of the cabinet wasnt at the state of the union last night because i missed it due to youthgroup. it was not ment for anything besides the question. i need this today so im willing to risk this. please dont put anything down here unless you know... i dont want a political debate i just want the answer since its not on the internet (anywhere i can find)
so if i get in trouble so be it... im willing to risk it for this answer. thank you and im sorry if this is being a pain to the mods but i need this

[Gypsy]

There's no reason to worry about getting in trouble - it's a political question, not an instigation for a debate. I'm sorry I can't help you out - I was working last night and didn't see/hear the address.

[Rev. Doc]

What is being referred to here is the fact that one cabinet member traditionally sits out the state of the union address. There is a progression of who becomes President should something happen to the current sitting Commander In Cheif. The succession is as follows:

The Vice President
Speaker of the House
President pro tempore of the Senate
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Defense
Attorney General
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Education

Naturally, most of these are in attendance, but one must sit out in case something befalls all the others in order to lead the nation. The individual is not announced beforehand for security reasons and is kept guarded by Secret Service agents during the State Of The Union. Sadly, I also cannot find who was missing last night.

[desperado]

thanks for trying though i appreciate it

[Fsiphskilm]

I think i know who was missing, the secretary of adequate funds, or perhaps the secretary of missing funds was too embarrissed to show up,

I'm pretty sure the secretary of the infinate loop of blaming problems on other secretary's departments showed up.

I feel wierd calling a guy a secretary. My worthless post, here to cheer you up, sorry we couldn't help you. But at least we made you smile.

[desperado]

acctually one of the news pages just came out with a story. turns out it was four memebers, conrad, rep john doolittle, rep george miller, sen ted stevens were all kept out as a safety precaution. it says that this is because of 9/11 and such. hey thanks everyone i appreciated the help, anyways i am glad a news page finally did it (i cant remember what page it was ~_~ just printed it out)