1.   A Treasury official who insisted on anonymity said that Altman had not demanded to stay until a successor was confirmed.

2.   Dalton said he planned to leave the job at yearend but was making his resignation announcement now so that the Senate could confirm his successor before he departs.

3.   Federal Reserve law allows a governor to serve until a successor is confirmed.

4.   Hundt is leaving the job he held for four years after the Senate confirms a successor.

5.   However, problems of getting any successor confirmed by the Republican Senate may help her keep her job.

6.   The resignations of Ms. Hanson and Altman are not scheduled to take effect until their successors are confirmed by the Senate.

7.   Meta said the four ministers who resigned would continue to work until their successors are confirmed in office.

8.   She had agreed to remain in the position until a successor was confirmed.

9.   Tanoue, a Clinton appointee whose term expired in October, had agreed to remain in the position until a successor was confirmed.