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...foreign policy but an increasingly liberal policy at home, one less beholden to business interests and friendlier to workers and the environment than the conservative wing of his party would have liked. After he left the White House, he was increasingly disappointed by the rightward drift of his handpicked successor, William Howard Taft. Before Taft's first term was up, Roosevelt was ready to challenge him for the G.O.P. nomination...
...most memorable part of Clinton's testimony may turn out to be what he said to his successor. The panel quizzed Clinton in detail about a meeting he had with President-elect Bush during the truncated transition period after the 2000 election. Clinton said he told Bush in that meeting that bin Laden would be his No. 1 national-security problem. Clarke, who recounts this episode in his book Against All Enemies, writes that the incoming Administration found this assessment "rather odd." Commissioners are planning to seek Bush's side of the story. He too will have to explain...
...path of an oil leader is rarely smooth. In 2002, Browne was forced to cut BP's production forecasts three times in two months. But Browne is tough and prepared to play a long game. In 2001 BP announced that it was looking for his successor. It then noted that the post would not be vacant for seven years. --By John Elkington, chairman of SustainAbility, the social-responsibility group
...other, younger South African leaders--he understood that AIDS was an enormous tragedy for his country and his continent, and he saw it as another moral challenge in a life of facing up to them. After he stepped down, he became a thorn in the side of his chosen successor and his beloved African National Congress on the issue of its less than progressive AIDS policy. That's moral leadership. --By RICHARD STENGEL, president, National Constitution Center
Unlike many Asian tycoons, Li relies on nonfamily professionals to run his empire. That said, analysts don't expect him to choose a successor outside the bloodline. The betting is that Li will pass his scepter to eldest son Victor, 39, a Stanford-trained engineer and deputy chairman of Cheung Kong...