This made me think and I think I am right. Correct me if I am wrong.

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I know this is a little late, but I found it on my computer and decided to post it anyway. I wrote this a couple of months ago.... Vice President Cheney interview on dateline NBC aired 29 August 2011 I was watching the Dateline NBC interview with Cheney, which was aired on August 29, 2011. Vice President Cheney made a discovery that the U.S. Constitution makes no provision as to what happens if the vice president becomes incapacitated. He was concerned about this because of his heart condition. Today, he has a battery-operated mechanical pump on his heart. During the interview, he had the pump in the pocket of his vest, and he demonstrated how it works to the interviewer. His discovery about the Constitution raises some questions in my mind. It is my understanding that the Secretary of State takes control of the government if both the president and the vice president are killed or are injured to the extent that they cannot perform their duties. The impression that I got was that Cheney was referring to a situation where the president was still in power, but the vice president was no longer in the picture for whatever reason. With this in mind, I will now pose my questions. What significance or impact would this situation have on the chain-of-command in a time of crisis such as 9/11? I would think that since the president would still be in charge, there would be no need of such a provision, which is why the writers of the Constitution did not put it into the constitution when it was written so many years ago. Am I correct in my assumption? What are your thoughts on this issue?