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OpinionDecember 8, 1996

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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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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