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Gates is designated successor on Inauguration Day

Defense Secretary Robert Gates will spend Inauguration Day well away from the festivities as the Cabinet official designated to carry on government functions in the event of a catastrophe, a White House official said.

Gates, 65, will be sent to an undisclosed location during the day when others in the immediate line of presidential succession - vice president, speaker of the House, president...

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