'With reports coming in from the Secret Service..., the Situation Room scrambled into action. "Things got very chaotic," Stiegler told me. "We went into a #ContinuityOfGovernment situation."

...Take that phrase in: "continuity-of-government situation." That bland bit of bureaucratic jargon masks a deadly serious set of policies and actions ... "COG" was designed to ensure the government would still function after a disaster such as nuclear war. '

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New book makes clear how close we came on Jan. 6: Mike Pence was "nearly lost" and plans were made to secure continuity of government

George Stephanopoulos' new book makes clear how close we came: the VP was threatened and plans made to secure continuity of government

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