The announcement was made 18 months early, she said, to allow sufficient time to find a successor.

It may have just taken that long to find a successor.

The Bush administration, because of its nature, will have a hard time finding a successor.

So the search was on to find a suitable successor.

Attempts to find a successor again failed in 2012, and the selection process was put on hold for the time being.

A search committee has been formed to find a successor.

Al Qaeda will have a difficult time finding a successor.

Could he not find a successor for himself, retire and live his life to its end like a normal man?

But he also left it at a loss to find a successor.

Depending upon when it took place, resignation could force the city to call a special election to find a successor.