He would break with his predecessor and extend the hand of friendship to Iran.
Barack Obama's national security strategy is being interpreted as a break with his predecessor's.
The shake-up was touched off on Thursday by Haruhiko Kuroda, the new Bank of Japan governor, who announced a decisive break with his predecessor's policies.
The Yemeni government has long granted permission for the United States to carry out drone strikes on its territory and, in a break with his predecessor, former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, Hadi has publically acknowledged that fact, indicated his support for the strikes themselves.
During his tenure George W. Bush rejected four cases like this, but Obama, who got critical support from labor in his 2008 campaign, has signaled a break with his predecessor.
Mr. Correa's moves mark a clear break with his predecessors, illustrating his wager that Ecuador's institutions may finally be resilient enough to carry out such changes after more than a decade of political upheaval.
David Cole, a Georgetown law professor and civil liberties advocate who has been a frequent critic of the Justice Department, said that when Mr. Mukasey took office, "the hope was that he would come in and clean up shop and make a break with his predecessors".
He encouraged her to break with her predecessors as First Lady and make the role more active and political.
As the lead prosecutor of mob boss John Gotti, White breaks tradition with predecessors as a financial outsider, perhaps making her more likely to aggressively pursue Wall Street misconduct.
Prime Minister Giuliano Amato, breaking with his predecessor, Massimo d'Alema, and some of his own cabinet members, chimed in last week, saying the scheduling of a gay event during a Jubilee was "inopportune".
