The president took an important step by replacing Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with Robert Gates.

Other speculation had Mr. Bentsen replacing Secretary of State Warren Christopher, although Mr. Bentsen never tried to feed or squash that rumor.

On December 2, 2004, Johanns was nominated by President George W. Bush to replace outgoing Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman.

In January 2009, the state legislature's new Republican majority voted to replace longtime Secretary of State Riley Darnell, a Democrat with the support of Governor Phil Bredesen, with Hargett.

President George W. Bush nominates former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik to replace outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge in the Cabinet position.

Lieberman's defense of the administration resulted in speculation that he was attempting to position himself to replace Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld or another high-ranking government official, but Lieberman has denied having any desire for this.

Subsection 1: replace Secretary of State with parliament.

In September 2012, he was appointed to the Cabinet in a reshuffle, replacing Kenneth Clarke as the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.

At the same time, Johnson also suspected Grant to be a potential rival candidate in the 1868 presidential election, and decided to replace Secretary of War Stanton with Grant or Gen. Sherman.

In 2005, media reports suggested that Lieberman might replace Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld; Lieberman responded with, "It's a total fantasy, there's just no truth to it."