He added that appointing a new head of news and editor for Newsnight was "top of the in tray".
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Good luck then, to the new boss, who has protesters on the roof - and some very difficult decisions in the in tray.
"People put it in a tray and forget to put it back in the bag, " she said, adding that hundreds of laptops are left in busy airports each week.
The Microsoft antitrust case, decided by her immediate predecessor, Mario Monti, was one of the first and biggest items in Kroes' in-tray when she became head of the European Competition Commission in 2004.
In her first months in charge Yingluck has had to deal with a busy in-tray, including responding to some of the most severe monsoon floods to afflict the country in living memory.
The devolution of powers from Westminster is just one item for the mayor's overflowing in-tray.
Task number one in the in-tray of the police commissioner is convincing people it is all worth it.
But she has returned to Berlin facing a worryingly high in-tray.
Candidates for more everyday roles within the civil service are given a bulging in-tray filled with documents of varying importance, and not enough time to clear it.
Cooler still, it boasts a retractable, natural-grass field, the first of its kind in the U.S., contained in a tray that is rolled on a set of rails into the stadium for games.
Here, a bewildering number of categories - from "biggest onion" to "best crocheted matinee jacket" and "best mini-landscape, in a tray, made of eggshells and toilet roll" - showcases the skill and ingenuity of the community.
The perverting the course of justice charge relates to an allegation the officer took the video recording from the police car and put it in a tray at the police station reserve for tape to be erased.
Another item for David Cameron's in-tray.
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The only interface customization you'll find here are the thumbnail overview of up to seven home screens (pinch anywhere on any home screen to toggle), as well as the "Pad Only" tab in the app drawer, the handy ASUS Quick Setting panel in the notification tray, and "ASUS customized setting" in system settings.
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The one handed over in a ceremony in Athens on Wednesday is thought to be the head of a youth carrying a tray in a procession.
Stay Connected sits in your system tray and automatically dials your ISP and logs on for you.
If completely dry they are gathered immediately, and if not they are laid onto a continuous paper tray in the vineyard to dry.
She lay on a tin tray in a dark and dirty corridor until she was able to telephone her father, high in the armed forces.
For example, the Cover Feed looks fantastic on tablets -- "it looks like a gorgeous personalized magazine about your friends" says Mosseri -- but neither viewing a massive 16 x 24 grid of icons in the app tray nor making a six-inch swipe to remove a Chat Head provides an ideal user experience.
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There an American passport partially hidden by an in-flight meal tray strewn across the footpath.
The company hasn't made any major alterations in recent years, nor witnessed an upsurge in complaints about Milk Tray, he adds.
Rachel kept vigil at his bedside and when he woke, they fell in love over a tray of bad hospital food.
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Southwest does not have tray tables in the front rows of its aircraft, and Keller's suit said that contributed to the accident.
It's certainly different than the tray found in previous gen iPhones and its chunkier appearance would be suitable for a larger GSM device.
It has to be separated from the bush carefully, so it is still whole, and placed delicately in a clear plastic tray that will make it look appealing at the grocery store.
Now, about that little bulge at the base of the screen... just run your fingers beneath it to liberate a built-in, lighted disc tray "without so much as a whisper" ready for DVD or CD playback -- DivX, MP3, JPEG and Video CDs all supported.
These apps can also be accessed by clicking on a pop-up that hides along the bottom of the cube screen, in the main app tray, or they can be placed on the desktop -- which is the first thing you're going to do if you use them anyways, making the two "cube" menus totally redundant.
Back in Montgomery last week, Jackson was welcomed graciously by Wallace, who served him pecan rolls on a silver tray and iced tea in a silver pitcher on the sun porch of the Governor's mansion.
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