Responding to a Freedom of Information Act request from HuffPost, the Justice Department took the position that revealing whether Sessions had offered a resignation letter would violate his personal privacy.
But the orchestra warned that this was insubordination, liable to penalties, and offered a voluntary resignation programme.
On New Year's Eve , 1999 Yeltsin offered a surprise resignation and announced Putin as his successor.
Impeachment proceedings against Mugabe had already begun early Tuesday, but the speaker of parliament read a letter to lawmakers later in the day that he said came from the president and offered a formal resignation.
Mayor Dave Bing did not offer a reason for the resignation, but he reprimanded the chief after the department's handling of a May 16 raid on a home that left a 7-year-old girl dead from a police officer's bullet.
Daniel J. Castleman, the second in command to the Manhattan district attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau, has offered a letter of resignation, four people aware of the letter said on Tuesday.
Asked if Brennan had or would offer his resignation, a different CIA spokesman, Ryan Trapani, replied: "No".
But Israel's announcement last week of more than 1,700 new homes in East Jerusalem and West Bank settlements prompted the Palestinian chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, to offer his resignation, a move rejected by the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas.
Kessel smiled, yawned, then offered a fleeting look of resignation.
While Yemenis in the north are hopeful that Mr. Saleh's recent resignation offers a fresh start for their struggling nation, most southerners say they do not want anything to do with the new political agenda.
