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that if the president is out of contact in a military situation...
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the secretary of defense is in charge as second in command.
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- Yes, of course. - Good. Then that settles it.
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It doesn't settle it at all.
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The president is not merely out of contact. He is also under duress.
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His family is held hostage, possibly himself a hostage.
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It creates an incapacity to discharge the office under the 25th amendment.
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Surely just as if he'd had a stroke.
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I think the president would dispute that any incapacity exists.
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It exists if a majority of the cabinet, including yourself, says it exists.
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The president may be alive, but he may not be the president.
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Madam Vice President? I think you need to see this.