What cabinet member was absent this year (2005)?

AT the state of the union
I was asking what cabinet member (who?) was absent this year at the state of the Union????

Kayla, from Texas writes:
Who was the one cabinet memeber not attending the 2005 State of the Union Address? This is a question I was asked for my government class for bonus. Thanks Kayla

John Snow
Good question, Kayla; a lot of people were curious about this. As many people know, in an effort to maintain security, one Cabinet and two congressional leaders are absent from the Address. This year, House Republican Conference Secretary John Doolittle, R-Calif., outgoing Commerce Secretary Don Evans and Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D. were taken to undisclosed locations.

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