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Cabinet Department (In order of succession to the Presidency:) |
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Vice President |
Joseph R. Biden |
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State |
Secretary John Kerry |
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Treasury |
Secretary Jack Lew |
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Defense |
Secretary Chuck Hagel |
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Justice |
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. |
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Interior |
Secretary Sally Jewell |
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Agriculture |
Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack |
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Commerce |
Acting Secretary Rebecca Blank |
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Labor |
Acting Secretary Seth D. Harris |
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Health and Human Services (HHS) |
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius |
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Housing and Urban Development (HUD) |
Secretary Shaun L.S. Donovan |
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Transportation |
Secretary Ray LaHood |
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Energy |
Secretary Ernest Moniz |
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Education |
Secretary Arne Duncan |
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Veterans Affairs |
Secretary Eric K. Shinseki |
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Homeland Security |
Secretary Janet A. Napolitano |
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(The following positions have the status of Cabinet-rank:) |
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White House Chief of Staff |
Denis McDonough |
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Environmental Protection Agency |
Acting Administrator Robert Perciasepe |
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Office of Management & Budget |
Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell |
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United States Trade Representative |
Acting Ambassador Demetrios Marantis |
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United States Ambassador to the United Nations |
Ambassador Susan Rice |
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Council of Economic Advisers |
Chairman Alan B. Krueger |
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Small Business Administration |
Administrator Karen G. Mills |