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Executive Order on Providing an Order of Succession within the Department of Defense
whitehouse.gov ^ | December 10, 2020 | President Donald J Trump

Posted on 12/10/2020 4:51:08 PM PST by ransomnote

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, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq., it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Order of Succession. (a) Subject to the provisions of section 2 of this order, the following officials of the Department of Defense, 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 in which the Secretary has died, resigned, or otherwise become unable to perform the functions and duties of the office of the Secretary, until such time as the Secretary is able to perform the functions and duties of that office:

(i) Deputy Secretary of Defense;

(ii) Secretaries of the Military Departments;

(iii) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy;

(iv) Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security;

(v) Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense;

(vi) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment;

(vii) Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering;

(viii) Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller);

(ix) Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness;

(x) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy;

(xi) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security;

(xii) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment;

(xiii) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering;

(xiv) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller);

(xv) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness;

(xvi) General Counsel of the Department of Defense, Assistant Secretaries of Defense, Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, and Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense;

(xvii) Under Secretaries of the Military Departments; and

(xviii) Assistant Secretaries of the Military Departments and General Counsels of the Military Departments.

(b) Precedence among officers designated within the same paragraph of subsection (a) of this section shall be determined by the order in which they have been appointed to such office. Where officers designated within the same paragraph of subsection (a) of this section have the same appointment date, precedence shall be determined by the order in which they have taken the oath to serve in that office.

Sec. 2. Exceptions. (a) No individual who is serving in an office listed in section 1(a) of this order in an acting capacity, by virtue of so serving, shall act as Secretary pursuant to this order.

(b) No individual listed in section l(a) of this order shall act as Secretary unless that individual was appointed to an office for which appointment is required to be made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and that individual is otherwise eligible to so serve under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, as amended.

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this order, the President retains discretion, to the extent permitted by law, to depart from this order in designating an Acting Secretary.

Sec. 3. Revocation. Executive Order 13533 of March 1, 2010 (Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Defense), is hereby revoked.

Sec. 4. General Provision. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

DONALD J. TRUMP

THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 10, 2020.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 201003; 20100301; dod; eo13533; orderofsuccession; revocation; secdef; succession
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1 posted on 12/10/2020 4:51:08 PM PST by ransomnote
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To: ransomnote

That’s actually pretty scary. Are we expecting mass casualties? I wonder if there is an imminent housecleaning.


2 posted on 12/10/2020 4:53:53 PM PST by calenel (Tree of Liberty is thirsty.)
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To: ransomnote

What kind of crazy crapolla is this?


3 posted on 12/10/2020 4:55:03 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: ransomnote

It’s called a chain of command.


4 posted on 12/10/2020 4:55:48 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: ransomnote

Normal stuff and routine timing... or teeing it up for boom time? WWG1 WGA


5 posted on 12/10/2020 4:56:38 PM PST by freepersup
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To: ransomnote

It goes 18 levels deep all the way to Assistant Secretaries?

Ridiculous. Who is going to obey a secretary as having authority? Might as well go all the way down to buck private and base janitor.


6 posted on 12/10/2020 4:58:33 PM PST by Flavious_Maximus
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To: Flavious_Maximus
It goes 18 levels deep all the way to Assistant Secretaries?

Ridiculous. Who is going to obey a secretary as having authority? Might as well go all the way down to buck private and base janitor.

Assistant Secretaries in this context are high ranking military officers. They are probably Generals.

8 posted on 12/10/2020 5:01:09 PM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: ransomnote

This is probably routine, but, it makes you wonder if the decks are being cleared...


9 posted on 12/10/2020 5:02:25 PM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: ransomnote

When the truth comes out of ALL that China has done to this country, we’ll likely be at war.


10 posted on 12/10/2020 5:07:10 PM PST by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: ransomnote

Hmm. Was there a succession chart before this?


11 posted on 12/10/2020 5:07:36 PM PST by dynachrome (People who get what they want are often surprised when they also get what they deserve. ~ james wood)
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To: lgjhn23

“When the truth comes out of ALL that China has done to this country, we’ll likely be at war.”

I too see that as a probability. It might likely include India and some SEA countries, like Vietnam fighting the Chinese as well. The trump card will be Russia. Will they be on the sidelines eating popcorn, or pick a side?


12 posted on 12/10/2020 5:11:01 PM PST by redfreedom
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To: dynachrome

>>> Hmm. Was there a succession chart before this?

Good question.. i had the same thought.

I’m guessing he cut out an office he knows to be in the deep state.


13 posted on 12/10/2020 5:13:54 PM PST by Safrguns
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To: lgjhn23

>>> we’ll likely be at war.

If you take a look at what Trump has done to the CCP over the last 4 years, and combine that with what GOD has done to China in the last 4 months....

They may not have a choice.

This may very well be Trump’s end game for the CCP...

Not CCP’s endgame for us.


14 posted on 12/10/2020 5:16:15 PM PST by Safrguns
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To: ransomnote

This isn’t routine, especially with a prez supposedly in final days.

This is gearing up for losses, which requires war.


15 posted on 12/10/2020 5:17:07 PM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: ransomnote

Succession Planning in any organization is a pretty good idea. You never know...


16 posted on 12/10/2020 5:24:19 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ("Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free" Galatians 5:1)
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To: CodeToad

Or an administration doing it’s job, including preparedness.


17 posted on 12/10/2020 5:25:26 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: marktwain
The Assistant Secretaries I met were either retire military (not all Generals) or SES types. Civilians that are treated like Generals. The appointed Secretaries are temporary, an SES is generally a career bureaucrat. That has been my experience anyway. Some of the Assistants Secretaries were pretty cool people. Some were former enlisted, one was a CMH holder from Vietnam another was a retired enlisted guy who was very good at some arcane stuff and because of that he valuable to the DOD. I think he was the only guy in DOD who knew how to make coffee😂
18 posted on 12/10/2020 5:38:30 PM PST by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angels will sing for me)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

“Ridiculous. Who is going to obey a secretary as having authority?”

Sometimes better to remain silent!


19 posted on 12/10/2020 5:40:52 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: mylife

It’s called protecting our Republic from a Communist takeover by Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Communist China.


20 posted on 12/10/2020 5:43:11 PM PST by cabbieguy ("I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up"can't be counted)
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