Thursday, January 22, 2015
Transportation Secretary Foxx designated "president in waiting"
during SOTU
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The Obama administration’s transportation secretary, Anthony Foxx, was this year’s "designated survivor"—the cabinet member chosen to skip the speech in case there was a deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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transportation secretary, 42-year-old Foxx was the youngest mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, before the president nominated him to the cabinet, according to the Charlotte Observer.
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