[zerosix]

Sadly, SOS is the Third Highest Office in the U.S. and places him Third in line to assume the office of President, should the unimaginable happen!

I would never assume Mitt would "carry the wishes of the President to foreign nations!"

[Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey]

Actually, SoS is 4th in line, after the President:

1) Vice Presient
2) Speaker of the House of Representatives
3) President pro tempore of the US Senate
4) Secretary of State

Poor Al Haig got it WAY wrong during the Reagan assassination attempt ...