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Can a person be a Senator and Secretary of State at the same time?

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∙ 13y ago

Updated: 8/19/2023

In the US a person cannot hold the positions of Senator and of US Secretary of State at the same time for two reasons.

They are both full-time jobs.
They are in different branches of the government and performing both positions would be a conflict of interest

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