With the presidential-succession crisis threatening to drag on for months, U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-SC) began the process of assembling his Cabinet Monday. 'See here, I believe I'll take Lester Maddox as my Secretary of War,' said the 97-year-old Thurmond, who, as president pro tempore of the Senate, is second in line for the White House if the president-elect is not determined by Inauguration Day. 'And that Orval Faubus would do a fine job as Secretary of Slaves, he surely would.' Thurmond said he has not yet decided who would head the Department of Cows and Chickens. 