what is the position of wojciech szczęsny?
goalkeeper
what role/office? chairperson of the cbdt i think you mean the line of succession. 

president george w. bush

1 vice president / president of the senate dick cheney 
2 speaker of the house of representatives nancy pelosi (god help us!)
3 president pro tempore of the senate robert byrd 
4 secretary of state condoleezza rice 
5 secretary of the treasury henry paulson 
6 secretary of defense robert gates 
7 attorney general michael mukasey 
8 secretary of the interior dirk kempthorne 
9 secretary of agriculture ed schafer 
— secretary of commerce carlos gutierrez (non-natural)† 
— secretary of labor elaine chao (non-natural)† 
10 secretary of health and human services michael leavitt 
11 secretary of housing and urban development alphonso jackson 
12 secretary of transportation mary peters 
13 secretary of energy samuel bodman 
14 secretary of education margaret spellings 
15 secretary of veterans affairs james peake 
16 secretary of homeland security michael chertoff


non-natural office holders like elaine chao i guess would be passed over for the person below them.

the simple chain of command on the other hand is all the president's secretaries all answer to him or her directly. the secretary's people answer to them and so on.

the vp plays no formal leadership role while the president is alive and conscious though clearly our current vp is a pretty important advisor. seat posture switch if i may be permitted. i have worked in politics for over 30 years, including time as a legislative director and/or press secretary for four members of the house and - via the u. s. commission on security and cooperation in europe - two senators. my credentials and my sins thereby confessed i offer the following - 1) senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. though not an ideas guy, he is a shrewd and effective parliamentary operator who knows the senate rules perhaps as well or better than any senate majority leader in recent memory. temperate and highly effective, he is a superb coalition builder with an exquisite sense of timing. 2) senator john neely kennedy. also not necessarily an ideas guy, though solidly grounded in his principles, kennedy has a rapier wit that he is not afraid to deploy against both sides. an acid tongue, he calls 'em as he sees 'em, and yet somehow manages to maintain - maybe it is the southern accent - an air of civility and reasonableness. 3) senator ben sasse. a former college president, sasse is one of the most intellectual and thoughtful senators. a man who takes ideas seriously and who understands the consequences of ideas. he is the soft-spoken - and frankly much underestimated - intellectual giant of the senate. 4) senator joe manchin. from west virginia, manchin is a temperate thinker and coalition builder. not given to inflammatory language, he seeks balance and compromise. 5) senator dianne feinstein - although lately i must admit her conduct has disappointed, generally feinstein sticks to her principles - which i, more often than not, do not share - but does so in modulated tones and thoughftully. no fire breather, she makes her case soberly and intellectually. (though to add, of late, some of her actions - particularly in recent kavanaugh supreme court confirmation - have not been at her historically high standard.) 6) former representative trey gowdy - actually, not an active politician any longer and is now a fox commentator, gowdy is a former criminal prosecutor and house member. he knows the law better then most know there own name and brings to his thinking a piercing intellect and consistency of principle like few others. he is sorely missed by me in the house. suffice to say, i could go on, but those figures stand out as my, "if you wake me in the middle of the night and ask me out of the blue, these pop to mind" answers. however, my experience in politics is that, contrary to also the populist contempt, most of those who go into politics are intelligent and civic minded, hard working and eager to make the country better and the people they serve happier. like any large group of human beings, they have their foibles, none are perfect and some are downright awful. however, overall, the american public gets better than it appreciates. yes, anyone know who the recruiter is? * 1330 - edward the black prince, prince of wales (d. 1376)
 * 1594 - nicolas poussin, french painter (d. 1665)
 * 1623 - cornelis de witt, dutch politician (d. 1672)
 * 1624 - hiob ludolf, german orientalist (d. 1704)
 * 1640 - bernard lamy, french mathematician (d. 1715)
 * 1755 - antoine françois, comte de fourcroy, french chemist (d. 1809)
 * 1765 - johann gottlieb friedrich von bohnenberger, german mathematician (d. 1831)
 * 1767 - rachel donelson jackson, first lady of the united states (d. 1828)
 * 1789 - josiah henson, american slave and settlement founder (d. 1883)
 * 1801 - benjamin raymond, mayor of chicago (d. 1883)
 * 1805 - william butler ogden, first mayor of chicago (d. 1877)
 * 1809 - françois-xavier garneau, french canadian poet and historian (d. 1866)
 * 1843 - edvard grieg, norwegian composer (d. 1907)
 * 1875 - herman smith-johannsen, cross-country skier (d. 1987)
 * 1882 - ion antonescu, prime minister of romania (d. 1946)
 * 1884 - harry langdon, american actor (d. 1944)
 * 1888 - ramón lópez velarde, mexican poet (d. 1921)
 * 1894 - nikolai chebotaryov, ukrainian mathematician (d. 1947)
 * 1894 - robert russell bennett, american composer and arranger (d. 1981)
 * 1900 - gotthard günther, german philosopher (d. 1984)
 * 1900 - otto luening, german-american composer (d. 1996)
 * 1902 - erik erikson, psychoanalyst (d. 1994)
 * 1906 - léon degrelle, belgian ss officer (d. 1994)
 * 1908 - sam giancana, american mafioso (d. 1975)
 * 1910 - david rose, american songwriter, composer and orchestra leader (d. 1990)
 * 1911 - w.v. awdry, british children's writer (d. 1997)
 * 1914 - yuri andropov, general secretary of the communist party of the soviet union (d. 1984)
 * 1914 - saul steinberg, romanian-american cartoonist (d. 1999)
 * 1915 - thomas huckle weller, american virologist, recipient of the nobel prize in physiology or medicine
 * 1916 - herbert simon, american economist, nobel prize laureate (d. 2001)
 * 1917 - john fenn, american chemist, nobel prize laureate
 * 1917 - lash la rue, american actor (d. 1996)
 * 1917 - michalis genitsaris, greek singer and composer (d. 2005)
 * 1920 - alberto sordi, italian actor and director (d. 2003)
 * 1921 - errol garner, american musician (d. 1977)
 * 1922 - john veale, english composer (d. 2006)
 * 1924 - ezer weizman, 7th president of israel (d. 2005)
 * 1926 - shigeru kayano, japanese ainu activist (d. 2006)
 * 1927 - ibn-e-insha, pakistani humourist and urdu poet (d. 1978)
 * 1930 - marcel pronovost, professional ice hockey player
 * 1932 - mario cuomo, governor of new york
 * 1933 - sergio endrigo, italian singer (d. 2005)
 * 1936 - william joseph levada, american catholic prelate
 * 1937 - waylon jennings, american singer (d. 2002)
 * 1938 - billy williams, baseball player
 * 1939 - ward connerly, american political figure
 * 1939 - brian jacques, british author
 * 1941 - harry nilsson, american singer and composer (d. 1994)
 * 1942 - john e. mclaughlin, former deputy director of the central intelligence agency
 * 1943 - xaviera hollander, dutch author
 * 1943 - poul nyrup rasmussen, prime minister of denmark
 * 1943 - johnny hallyday, french singer and actor
 * 1943 - muff winwood, british songwriter, producer and bassist (spencer davis group)
 * 1945 - miriam defensor-santiago, philippine senator
 * 1945 - nicola pagett, british actress
 * 1946 - noddy holder, british singer (slade)
 * 1946 - demis roussos, greek singer
 * 1947 - john hoagland, american photographer
 * 1948 - mike holmgren, american football coach
 * 1949 - dusty baker, baseball player and manager
 * 1949 - simon callow, british actor
 * 1949 - russell hitchcock, member of air supply
 * 1949 - jim varney, american actor (d. 2000)
 * 1950 - lakshmi mittal, indian industrialist
 * 1951 - steve walsh, american singer (kansas)
 * 1953 - rita lee, playboy playmate
 * 1954 - james belushi, american actor
 * 1954 - paul rusesabagina, manager of hôtel des mille collines during the rwandan genocide
 * 1955 - julie hagerty, american actress
 * 1957 - seppo pääkkönen, finnish actor
 * 1958 - wade boggs, baseball player
 * 1958 - riccardo paletti, italian racing driver (d. 1982)
 * 1959 - eileen davidson, american actress
 * 1960 - michèle laroque, french actress
 * 1960 - marieke van doorn, dutch field hockey player
 * 1961 - kai eckhardt, german musician (garaj mahal)
 * 1961 - dave mcauley, northern irish boxer
 * 1961 - yoshimi iwasaki, japanese singer/actress
 * 1962 - andrea rost, hungarian soprano
 * 1963 - helen hunt, american actress
 * 1963 - nigel walker, welsh athlete and rugby union player
 * 1964 - courteney cox, american actress
 * 1964 - michael laudrup, danish footballer
 * 1965 - adam smith, american politician
 * 1966 - idalis deleon, american actress/singer
 * 1967 - yuji ueda, japanese voice actor
 * 1968 - oh dal-su, south korean actor
 * 1969 - ice cube, american rapper
 * 1969 - oliver kahn, german footballer
 * 1969 - cédric pioline, french tennis player
 * 1969 - maurice odumbe, kenyan cricket player
 * 1970 - leah remini, american actress
 * 1970 - gaëlle méchaly, french soprano
 * 1971 - edwin brienen, dutch director
 * 1971 - bif naked, canadian musician
 * 1971 - nathan astle, new zealand cricket player
 * 1972 - justin leonard, american golfer
 * 1972 - andy pettitte, american baseball player
 * 1972 - marcus hahnemann, american footballer
 * 1972 - hank von helvete, turbonegro frontman
 * 1973 - neil patrick harris, american actor
 * 1973 - tore andré flo, norwegian footballer
 * 1973 - pia miranda, australian actress
 * 1973 - greg vaughan, american actor
 * 1975 - elizabeth reaser, american actress
 * 1975 - rachel wacholder, american beach volleyballer
 * 1976 - gary lightbody, irish musician (snow patrol)
 * 1977 - nina liu, australian actress
 * 1978 - wilfred bouma, dutch footballer
 * 1978 - zach day, american baseball player
 * 1979 - yulia nestsiarenka, belarusian athlete
 * 1979 - julia schultz, american model
 * 1980 - mary carey, american pornographic actress
 * 1980 - christopher castile, american actor
 * 1980 - almudena cid, spanish gymnast
 * 1980 - cara zavaleta, american model
 * 1981 - jeremy reed, american baseball player
 * 1981 - billy dean martin, american musician (good charlotte)
 * 1984 - tim lincecum, american baseball player
 * 1985 - nadine coyle, northern irish singer (girls aloud)
 * 1988 - miku ishida, japanese teen idol the executive branch of our government is not chief legislator. laws are legislated by congress. the president's duty is to see to it that the laws are carried out. as commander in chief, the president acts as the non-military person in charge of all military operations and is the civilian head. our forefathers wanted a civilian to head the services because they feared that a military headed by a military person would wield too much power and would threaten the stability of the country if they ever tried to thwart the will of congress and the president.

chow!!