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In a matter of weeks, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo will be 10th in line to be President of the United States, if she is confirmed as United States Secretary of Commerce.
President-elect Joseph Biden is naming Raimondo to Commerce according to sources, and under the current presidential order of succession which was established by the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 Raimondo is in the top ten.
Obviously, each officer must satisfy the constitutional requirements for serving as president born in the United States, meet the age requirement, etc.
1. Vice President - Kamala Harris
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announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. good evening. the whole idea of spies seems a little dated, going back to when russia was the ussr and was the arch cold war enemy of the u.s. but there they were, those russian spies discovered living in america, having blended into american society. tonight they are en route out of here and they are part of a spy swap, ten of them being exchanged for people in russia accused of spying for the u.s. we start off tonight with our justice correspondent pete williams in our washington newsroom. pete, good evening. reporter: brian, there s never been anything quite like this. from arrest to guilty plea to expulsion from the country in just 11 days. it s the legal system driven to hyper speed by a u.s. desire to improve relations with russia. assembled quickly in a federal courthouse in new york city, all ten admitted that while they pretended to be just the folks next door
good evening. the whole idea of spies seems a little dated, going back to when russia was the ussr and was the arch cold war enemy of the u.s. but there they were, those russian spies arrested a few days back, discovered living in america, having blended into american society. tonight they are en route out of here and they are part of a spy swap, ten of them being exchanged for people in russia accused of spying for the u.s. we start off tonight with our justice correspondent pete williams in our washington newsroom. pete, good evening. reporter: brian, there s never been anything quite like this. from arrest to guilty plea to expulsion from the country in just 11 days. it s the legal system driven to hyper speed by a u.s. desire to improve relations with russia. assembled quickly in a federal courthouse in new york city, all ten admitted that while they pretended to be just the folks next door, they were actually sent here to be secret agents for russia. one by one, they s