All posts tagged "Successor"

A columnist Wednesday described the "awkward déjà vu" in Washington, D.C. as President Donald Trump shows visible decline and the question arising: who, or what, will push him out or succeed him.

The Daily Beast's Joanna Coles, Chief Creative and Content Officer, described in a column how Trump, who has repeatedly attacked former President Joe Biden's cognitive abilities, frequently suggested that Biden was mentally unfit to serve as president, mockingly portrayed Biden as senile, referenced his age and apparent moments of confusion, has now faced the same concerns and criticism over his own mental and health capacity.

Only this time it's not quite the same....

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday formally nominated Leon Panetta as his new secretary of defense and David Petraeus, who commands the international force in Afghanistan, as Panetta's successor at the CIA.

WASHINGTON — Al-Qaeda has chosen a former Egyptian Special Forces officer as interim leader of the violent extremist group in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death earlier this month, CNN reported Tuesday.

WASHINGTON – FBI director Robert Mueller said Wednesday that the best advice he can give his successor is to "be flexible and agile" when responding to threats of terrorism.

LONDON (AFP) – Former veteran CNN talk show host Larry King said Friday that his successor, British journalist Piers Morgan, had been "oversold" to television audiences in the United States.

Bush has some praise for successor, Obama, during online discussion with Facebook founder