The Cabinet owes it to the men and women in uniform to invoke the 25th Amendment. We cannot ask them to spend two weeks guessing about whether to listen to the President or the Vice President, who are now apparently giving divergent orders on matters of national security. 
By law, the decision falls to the Vice President and a majority of the heads of the 15 principal Executive departments. Nine people. Serving at the highest levels of government. Each of whom swore oaths that are tested at times like this.
According to the Yale Law School Rule of Law Clinic, which published "A Reader's Guide to the Twenty-Fifth Amendment" two years ago, this includes Acting Department Heads.
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