Presidential Contingency Planning

Major USA (Ret) John W. Davis

Presentation Order• Roles of the President• What is an Emergency• What Preparation Has Been Done• Evacuation• Relocation• Presidential Succession Authority• Presidential Succession Rank Order• Summary• Questions

Presidential Roles

• Commander in Chief

• Chief Executive Officer

• Head of State

What is an Emergency• Medical • Assignation Attempt

• Public Unrest

• Natural

• Terrorist

• War

• Recognize Requirements• Planning• Relocations Centers• Training• Exercises

Evacuation Platforms

Air Force OneMarine One

National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP)

C-20 Executive Jet

Limo & Helicopter

C-20

Air Force 1

H-60 Black Hawk

H3

Actions at Relocation Site

• Security• Communications• Medical• Food• Comfort

– Sleeping– Showers– Toilets

Command Center Cheyenne Mountain

Cheyenne Mountain

Cheyenne Mountain

Early Warning Center

Missile Threat Center

Command Center Cheyenne Mountain

Cheyenne Mountain

Cheyenne Mountain Power Generation

Command Center Cheyenne Mountain

National Emergency Airborne National Emergency Airborne Command Post NEACPCommand Post NEACP

NEACP

NEACP Around the Clock Airborne

Area Command Airborne Command Posts

Area Command Airborne Command Posts

Area Command Airborne Command Post

Typical Underground Relocation Center

Typical Underground Relocation Center

Typical Underground Relocation Center

Prior to the ratification of the 25th Amendment in 1967, there was no provision for filling a vacancy in the Vice Presidency. When a President died in office, the Vice President succeeded him, and the Vice Presidency then remained vacant. The first Vice President to take office under the new procedure was Gerald Ford, who was nominated by Nixon on Oct. 12, 1973, and confirmed by Congress the following Dec. 6.

Order of Presidential Succession25th Amendment Passed 1967

• The Vice President Richard Cheney • Speaker of the House John Dennis Hastert • President pro tempore of the

Senate Ted Stevens • Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice• Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snow• Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld • Attorney General Alberto Gonzales • Secretary of the Interior Gale A. Norton

Order of Presidential SuccessionContinued

• Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns• Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez • Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao • Secretary of Health and Human Services

Tommy G. Thompson • Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Melquiades Rafael Martinez • Secretary of Transportation Norman Yoshiro

Mineta

Order of Presidential SuccessionContinued

• Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham • Secretary of Education Roderick Paige • Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J.

Principi• Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael

Chertoff

Summary

• Roles of the President• What is an Emergency• What Preparations Have Been Done• Evacuation• Relocation• Presidential Succession Authority• Order Of Presidential Succession

Questions?