WHY WOULD BUSH CHANGE ORDER OF SUCCESSION

YESTERDAY...FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE? Can he not trust the Leaders of the Army, Navy, Air Force? Very curious act.
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Here is old order: (thanks to Freedom Crow's Site)

(1) Deputy Secretary of Defense.
(2) Secretary of the Army.
(3) Secretary of the Navy.
(4) Secretary of the Air Force.
(5) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology.
(6) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
(7) Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).
(8) Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
(9) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology.
(10) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
(11) Director of Defense Research and Engineering.




Here is the New Exec Order signed just yesterday:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/12/2005122...
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Executive Order: Providing An Order of Succession Within the Department of Defense

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et. seq., it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Subject to the provisions of section 3 of this order, the officers named in section 2, in the order listed, shall act as and perform the functions and duties of the office of the Secretary of Defense (Secretary) during any period when the Secretary has died, resigned, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of Secretary.

Sec. 2. Order of Succession.

(a) Deputy Secretary of Defense;

(b) Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence;

(c) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy;

(d) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics;

(e) Secretary of the Army;

(f) Secretary of the Air Force;

(g) Secretary of the Navy;

(h) Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller);

(i) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, and Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness;

(j) General Counsel of the Department of Defense, the Assistant Secretaries of Defense, and the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation;

(k) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Material Readiness and the Director of Defense Research and Engineering;

(l) Under Secretaries of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force; and

http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=834...

FUNNY...posting to a link that doesnt exist..and 2nd..the president CAN NOT change order, only Congress

Well fukin look it up damn-- sometimes the fukin links r bad damn-- You have nothing to offer--fuk off

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...0051222-7.html here mofo!!!

good topic

Im thinking the reason LordBush changed it because he's scared of the military might do a coup on him...