Quote Originally Posted by Loki View Post
Considering how many utterly unqualified secretaries of transportation we've had, I wonder if they actually do anything.

It is true that one might claim it doesn't really matter for the heads of cabinet offices because they're all so excessively overstaffed at the executive level that having the head gone makes no real difference, but I could say the same issue means having the head around preserving continuity and minimizing disruption is even more important.