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October 12



Todayinah Editor Editor says, what if Dean Rusk was the President charged with rebuilding American after World War 3? Please note that the opinions expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the author(s).

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In 1963, newspapers report ~ DEAN RUSK SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT. FORMER SECRETARY OF DEFENCE McNAMARA TAKES OATH AS VICE PRESIDENT. NEW YORK GOVERNOR NELSON ROCKEFELLER IS NEW SECRETARY OF STATE.

President Rusk Sworn in by Raymond SpeerDean Rusk was first sworn in as President when the experts digging out the White House bomb shelter identified the body of President Kennedy in the arms of his dead brother, Robert. Today, at noon Mountain time, President Rusk was sworn again into office before a television audience of the whole nation.

Also sworn in was Vice President Robert McNamara, who had spent the time of the nuclear exchanges aboard Air Force mobile command centers. So far as is known, VP McNamera is the second seniormost Cabinet officer to have survived World War Three.

A new member of the Cabinet is Governor Nelson Rockefeller, who survived the erasure of Albany, New York, in the Governor's Bunker and who has won praise for his reestablishment of New York State government. Rockefeller has been entrusted by President Rusk with foreign affairs and hopes that he shall revitalize trade.

An early priority is to establish better relations with Canadian Prime Minister Ernest Dieffenbaker. Canada escaped any nuclear explosions on its soil and it is known that the Prime Minister believes that will greatly increase his country's influence over the world.


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Readers Comment Scott Palter commented on 2010-04-12 15:09:09 ~ There was no replacement VP at this time. . Also Rusk only becomes President if Speaker of the House and President pro tempore of the Senate are also taken out. He was third in succession after VP. Also what was he doing in Cheyenne Mountain and the President still in DC?

Readers Comment Eric Oppen commented on 2010-04-12 22:50:01 ~ I dont know if this would work out..I don't know what the line of succession to the Presidency would be. So what happened to Russia in this TL?

Readers Comment Eric Lipps commented on 2010-04-13 00:57:23 ~ It wasn't until after the missile crisis, I believe, that the presidential line of succession was formally extended beyond the offices specified in the Constitution. It's not guaranteed Rusk would have become president even if the House Sspeaker and PPT of the Senate were killed. The present chain of succession, once it reaches the Cabinet, runs through all the Cabinet secretaries in the order in which their departments were established. if that had been the case in 1962, the Treasury Secretary, C. Douglas Dillon, would have taken precedence over Defense Secretary McNamara, assuming Dillon survived.







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