[tip of the sword]

How about Strom, he is Sentate Pro Tem Emeritus isnt that higher up than KKK Byrd?

[Senator Pardek]

• The Vice President Richard Cheney
• Speaker of the House John Dennis Hastert
• President pro tempore of the Senate¹ Robert Byrd
• Secretary of State Colin Powell
• Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill
• Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld
• Attorney General John Ashcroft
• Secretary of the Interior Gale A. Norton
• Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman
• Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans
• Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao
• Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson
• Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Melquiades Rafael Martinez
• Secretary of Transportation Norman Yoshiro Mineta
• Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham
• Secretary of Education Roderick Paige
• Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi

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  Ignore the links - I'm too lazy to fix 'em ;)