With admiration and appreciation, David H Petraeus Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 6.15pm ET23:15 AP's first take on David Petraeus's resignation: David Petraeus has resigned as director of the CIA after admitting he had an extramarital affair.
According to his letter of resignation, Petraeus asked President Barack Obama on Thursday to allow him to resign, and on Friday the president accepted.
This afternoon, the president graciously accepted my resignation".
He stood for another six-year term in the number one position on the NSW Senate ticket, but announced his resignation a few weeks after the election.
Mr Mallon, 65, moved to quell speculation that he would be the natural successor to the Nobel prize-winning Mr Hume within 24 hours of the leader's resignation.
The highly partisan response to Sayeeda Warsi's damaging resignation from David Cameron's government revives an old political question: when is it right to resign on a point of policy or principle rather than to fight one's corner from inside?
Consistent with the education unions' recent calls for education secretary Michael Gove's resignation, negativity is highest among education leaders – nearly half say they oppose the government's agenda for their sector.
Related: Jim Murphy's resignation throws Scottish Labour into turmoil The 33-year-old said: "The geographical spread of support I have – with MSPs from north and south, east and west – as well as the backing of MSPs from different parts of our movement shows I can bring our party together.
Harper, who was steering an immigration bill through the Commons that warns employers of their duty to check the status of employees, notified David Cameron on Friday, when his resignation was accepted "with regret".
On the streets of Dublin the mood regarding the economy, the cuts and "Eurogeddon" seems to be a mixture of burning resentment tinged with resignation.
In the year since the resignation of Progressive Unionist party leader Dawn Purvis, it has become depressingly clear among acute observers of Belfast's loyalist communities that the loyalist paramilitary UVF has been purposefully ratcheting up tensions among its youthful foot soldiers to show some muscle.
