In the Pentagon conference room, Carol was sitting in a seat on the periphery. The people sitting here were all big bosses, all heads of various real-power departments. If she were not the secret service commander who knew the Secret Service and the White House best after Martin,
, may not be qualified to sit here.
It's just that her face looked a little weird at this moment, just because she received a phone call about half an hour ago, from President David Palmer. Only then did she know that the President had escaped long ago and had been under the protection of the CU Rapid Response Team.
Next, the reason why I never showed up was just to lure the snake out of its hole.
This made Carroll's perspective on the problem immediately change. He changed from actively thinking about how to save the president from his enemies to consciously looking at everyone's expressions, trying to find the poisonous snake hidden in the crowd.
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Yes, President David Palmer clearly told her that there must be a mole at the top of the cabinet. This news sounds shocking, but it makes perfect sense when you think about it.
Theoretically speaking, the vice president is the biggest suspect. After all, after the president is killed, the vice president's succession to the president is stipulated in the constitution, but this is just a suspicion. The vice president is already a very powerful person, and there is no need to gamble so much just to become the president.
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Carol thought hard, and faces flashed through her mind, but she eliminated them one by one.
Suddenly, the door to the conference room was pushed open from the outside, and a black officer carrying a box rushed in under the escort of several people.
The meeting was suspended, and everyone looked at the black officer. Vice President Raphson looked at the black officer who walked in with an unhappy expression, as if waiting for what kind of explanation he would come up with to change his reckless behavior today.
Somewhat reasonable.
The black officer ignored the countless glances directed at him along the way, walked directly to Vice President Raphson and said solemnly: "Your Excellency, Vice President, in view of the fact that the president's life and death are currently unknown, in an emergency, both houses of Congress shall act in accordance with Article 25 of the Constitution.
The amendment was voted on and passed. Now we solemnly inform you that we need you to be sworn in as President of the United States immediately..."
"Wha...what?"
Vice President Raphson looked stunned, but the people around him had unexpected but reasonable expressions.
"According to the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the Constitution, after the president is killed, the vice president succeeds him as president. Congress has just voted. You received more than two-thirds of the vote to become the first person to succeed the president of the United States. Now we must immediately
Conduct the swearing-in ceremony..."
The black officer spoke and acted vigorously and resolutely. After speaking, he took out the constitution and prepared to start the inauguration ceremony.
Raphson recovered from his shock after being stunned for a while, and then stepped onto the podium with some uncertainty under the gaze of everyone, and followed the steps dictated by the black officer step by step.
Touch the constitution, raise your hand to swear an oath, say the oath, then collect fingerprints, change the nuclear bomb code of the black box...
A series of operations were completed in a very short period of time, and the handover of power in the United States, the most powerful country in the world, was completed.
"Sir, this is the latest nuclear bomb code, please be sure to carry it with you..."
An officer carrying a black box solemnly handed over a code book. At this point, Vice President Ravelson was officially promoted to President of the United States, becoming a veritable elder brother of this most powerful empire.
The people around applauded, and Carroll looked at everything in front of him at a loss. He knew that President Palmer was safe and sound, and should be somewhere near the Pentagon, so everything in front of him seemed funny.
She couldn't imagine what Raphson would look like if President Palmer appeared.
The inauguration ceremony was completed quickly, and the crisis was not over yet. Rafson still needed to continue to deal with it, but this time he was making decisions in his capacity as president.
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Ten minutes after the new president was successfully inaugurated
"What? You mean bombing the White House?"
Carroll almost couldn't believe his ears. The new president's first order after taking office was actually for the military to send fighter planes to bomb the White House.
Not only Carroll, but almost all other participants also had the same suspicion. Even the military people could not accept it. The White House was a symbol of the United States, but the president of the United States personally issued the order for the bombing. This idea was too much.
Crazy.
"This involves the Cyberstan code. I'm sorry everyone. Although I don't want to, I have to do it. Everything is for the national security of the United States..."
The new president briefly talked about the existence of the Cyberstein code. Although the meeting was attended by high-level national officials, not many people knew about the Cyberstein code. It is the highest-level military secret in the United States.
Hearing that a nuclear bomb might explode in the United States, the conference room instantly became quiet. Everyone was thinking about a question. The Minister of Arms has been turned into a hostage, so has President Palmer been caught by the other party? To be precise, President Palmer
Have the Cyberstan codes been obtained by terrorists?
Thinking about it carefully, this is probably their current mood. Everyone has thought of the worst possibility. From this perspective, bombing the White House is indeed nothing.
At the US Air Force base closest to Washington, three F22 Raptor fighter jets quickly took off under the coordination of the ground control tower. At their speed, they could reach Washington in only 10 minutes to launch an air strike.
When the Air Force general received the report of the fighter jets taking off, time in the entire conference room seemed to slow down. In 10 minutes, the White House, a landmark building in the United States, would be reduced to rubble. They witnessed this decision from being made to being issued with their own eyes.
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"I will become a sinner in America..."
The new President Raphson murmured in his mouth, his eyes were a little unbearable, but he had no intention of changing it.
"You were forced..."
"Everything is for America..."
"People will understand this..."
"You are a hero. You have endured pain that no American is willing to bear..."
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The people around him comforted the president, and his eyes seemed to regain their brightness under their persuasion.
Carroll looked at Raphson with a complicated expression. He is still not sure whether Raphson is the poisonous snake that President Palmer said. If he is, then his purpose has been achieved. The purpose of bombing the White House is to destroy evidence.
Kill and silence. If not, then there is nothing wrong with Raphson's approach. Apart from the radical methods, there is nothing wrong with it.
But no matter what, Carol couldn't allow the White House to be bombed. What a joke, President Palmer was alive and well. She secretly called Palmer.
"Your Excellency, Rafson has been sworn in, and the first order he gave was to bomb the White House..."
"Um."
"But the President, the White House..."
Carol hesitated to speak. She was a little unsure of President Palmer's attitude. Would he rather have the White House bombed than dig out the poisonous snake? The price paid would be a bit...
"Don't worry, Agent Carroll, I'm here!!!"
The president's deep and powerful voice came from the receiver. Carol was stunned. What did you mean? Then she heard a commotion outside the conference room, and then the door was pushed open violently.bdshare();