Following the President, and the Vice-President, who is next in succession of power?

This is the order of succession, with current office holders (as of August 2003):

Vice President (Richard B. Cheney)
Speaker of the House of Representatives (Dennis Hastert)
President pro tempore of the Senate (Ted Stevens)
Secretary of State (Colin Powell)
Secretary of the Treasury (John W. Snow)
Secretary of Defense (Donald H. Rumsfeld)
Attorney General (John Ashcroft)
Secretary of the Interior (Gale Norton)
Secretary of Agriculture (Ann M. Veneman)
Secretary of Commerce (Donald L. Evans)
Secretary of Labor (Elaine L. Chao) (ineligible)
Secretary of Health and Human Services (Tommy G. Thompson)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Mel Martinez) (ineligible)
Secretary of Transportation (Norman Yoshio Mineta)
Secretary of Energy (Spencer Abraham)
Secretary of Education (Roderick Paige)
Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Anthony J. Principi)
Secretary of Homeland Security (Tom Ridge)

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