With President Clinton's choice of Madeleine Albright to become secretary of state comes the interesting question about what happens in the unlikely event that it becomes necessary for a Cabinet member to assume the duties of president. The Constitution prohibits anyone but a natural-born citizen from occupying the Oval Office. Thus, Albright -- whose family escaped oppression in Eastern Europe -- would be skipped in the line of succession.
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