"Gates will sit out festivities as safeguard
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the lone Cabinet holdover from the Bush to Obama administrations, will be the designated no-show at today's inauguration.
Gates will be at an undisclosed location while others in the immediate line of presidential succession - vice president, speaker of the House, president pro tempore of the Senate, secretary of state, and treasury secretary - are at the Capitol for Obama's swearing-in.
The safeguard was put in place by President Truman in 1947 to make sure the US government could continue if there is a nuclear attack or other event that killed most top elected officials.
--more--"Just waiting for the next CIA-Mossad false-flag event; however, we WON'T BE FOOLEYED THIS TIME!!
