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One chair inside the U.S. Capitol will be empty Tuesday.
The cabinet member who typically occupies it will be nowhere near the building or its surrounding area as Donald Trump delivers his joint address to Congress.
He or she will watch the speech from afar, representing the doomsday president in waiting, a title informally known as the "designated survivor."
One person is selected to sit out high-profile events like the State of the Union, inaugurations, and presidential speeches to joint sessions of Congress to preserve the Constitutional line...
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