Odds and Ends and the Wrapup

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CIA v. Castro's beard (no kidding)

The Kennedy Assassination and The Secret Service

Global opinion of Obama and Bush 43

Continuity of Government and presidential succession

• The Vice President Joseph Biden
• Speaker of the House John Boehner
• President pro tempore of the Senate1 Patrick Leahy
• Secretary of State John Kerry
• Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew
• Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
• Attorney General Eric Holder
• Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel
• Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
• Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker
• Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez
• Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell
• Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro
• Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx
• Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz
• Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
• Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald
• Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson