Attorney General Eric Holder is the cabinet member who will not attend tonight's presidential speech. By custom, one member of the cabinet is designated to go to -- as we say these days -- "a secure location," in case that person is needed to carry on as head of the government. Since 9/11, the stay-away is typically a member of the national security team.
Michael Goldfarb
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First Read: Attorney General Eric Holder is the cabinet member who will not attend tonight's presidential speech. By custom, one member of the cabinet is designated to go to -- as we say these days -- "a secure location," in case that person is needed to carry on as head of the government. Since…
Michael Goldfarb · February 24, 2009
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