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In the United States, a designated survivor is a person in the presidential line of succession who is kept distant from others in the line when they are gathered together, to reduce the chance that ev
Barack Obama delivers the 2011 State of the Union Address to members of the House and Senate, cabinet members and Supreme Court judges. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was the designated survivor and did not attend. He did not disclose where he spent the evening, except that he was not in Washington, D.C.
Ken Salazar
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Kenneth Lee Salazar is an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as United States ambassador to Mexico from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 50
Designated survivor
…delivers the 2011 State of the Union Address to members of the House and Senate, cabinet members and Supreme Court judges. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was the designated survivor and did not attend. He did not disclose where he spent the evening, except that he was not in Washington, D.C. In the United…
Official portrait, 2022
Salazar while serving as a U.S. Senator (109th Congress)
Salazar during a media conference of the Obama-Biden transition, on December 17, 2008.
Salazar served as a secretary of the interior