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Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins is designated survivor in President Trump's address to Congress

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins is designated survivor in President Trump's address to Congress
OUR TEAM COVERAGE IN ARIELLE. WE’RE EXPECTING TO HEAR HIM DISCUSS THE WAR IN UKRAINE AS WELL. YES, STEPHEN, WE’RE ALSO EXPECTING UKRAINE TO BE A MASSIVE TALKING POINT, ESPECIALLY AFTER TRUMP PAUSED MILITARY FUNDING TO UKRAINE AFTER THAT TUMULTUOUS MEETING WITH THE COUNTRY’S PRESIDENT LAST WEEK. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THAT TRUMP’S THEME WILL BE, QUOTE, RENEWAL OF THE AMERICAN DREAM, AND HE IS EXPECTED TO LAY OUT HIS ACHIEVEMENTS SINCE RETURNING TO THE WHITE HOUSE, AS WELL AS TO ASK CONGRESS TO PROVIDE HIS ADMINISTRATION WITH MORE MONEY TO SUPPORT HIS CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. GOVERNOR KELLY AYOTTE TOLD US THAT SHE IS HOPING THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL FOCUS ON THE ECONOMY TONIGHT. I WOULD HOPE THE PRESIDENT WOULD BE FOCUSING ON THE ECONOMY FOR THE COUNTRY AND MAKING SURE FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, THAT WE’RE IN A PLACE TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR ECONOMY, OBVIOUSLY TO REDUCE ENERGY PRICES. NOW, THIS SPEECH WILL COME AT A VERY DIVIDED TIME FOR THIS COUNTRY. SOME DEMOCRATS HAVE SAID THAT THEY’RE NOT GOING AT ALL TONIGHT, WHILE SENATOR MAGGIE HASSAN SAYS THAT SHE THINKS IT’S IMPORTANT TO BE THERE. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO BE PRESENT AND TO PUSH BACK AT WHAT WE’RE SEEING, THE THINGS THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION IS DOING THAT ARE HARMFUL, RAISING COSTS, THE CHAOS, THE CORRUPTION AND SOMETHING ELSE TO LISTEN FOR TONIGHT IS HOW THE PRESIDENT PLANS TO TAKE ON THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins is designated survivor in President Trump's address to Congress
Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins has been selected to be the designated survivor for President Trump's speech to Congress Tuesday night, according to a White House official.When the rest of the government is gathered together for a big event, like Trump's congressional address, a designated survivor is kept away to ensure someone in the line of presidential succession stays alive.Picking a failsafe in case of a cataclysmic event that wipes out everyone else dates back to the Cold War.The first time that a Cabinet member being kept away from a presidential speech to Congress was publicly divulged was President Ronald Reagan's Education Secretary Terrel Bell in 1981. But Bell wasn't identified until afterward.Today, TV images from the House chamber allow political junkies to spot the missing Cabinet member within minutes.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins has been selected to be the designated survivor for President Trump's speech to Congress Tuesday night, according to a White House official.

When the rest of the government is gathered together for a big event, like Trump's congressional address, a designated survivor is kept away to ensure someone in the line of presidential succession stays alive.

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Picking a failsafe in case of a cataclysmic event that wipes out everyone else dates back to the Cold War.

The first time that a Cabinet member being kept away from a presidential speech to Congress was publicly divulged was President Ronald Reagan's Education Secretary Terrel Bell in 1981. But Bell wasn't identified until afterward.

Today, TV images from the House chamber allow political junkies to spot the missing Cabinet member within minutes.