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loosecannon
05-07-2007, 09:54 PM
Deal Is Offered for Chief’s Exit at World Bank



Leading governments of Europe, mounting a new campaign to push Paul D. Wolfowitz from his job as World Bank president, signaled Monday that they were willing to let the United States choose the bank’s next chief, but only if Mr. Wolfowitz stepped down soon, European officials said.

European officials had previously indicated that they wanted to end the tradition of the United States picking the World Bank leader. But now the officials are hoping to enlist American help in persuading Mr. Wolfowitz to resign voluntarily, rather than be rebuked or ousted.

The goal, they said, is to avert a public rupture of the bank board over a vote, possibly later this week, to sanction Mr. Wolfowitz. Even if the vote is a reprimand, they said, it could effectively make it impossible for him to stay on.

The Europeans worked to arrange a quick exit for Mr. Wolfowitz as a special bank committee concluded that he was guilty of breaking rules barring conflicts of interest in arranging for a pay raise and promotion for Shaha Ali Riza, his companion and a bank employee, in 2005.

The decision was sent to Mr. Wolfowitz on Sunday night after a month of turmoil over the situation. The panel’s findings were not made public, but people familiar with the report said that it reviewed documents and testimony before concluding that Mr. Wolfowitz had breached his obligations in arranging for Ms. Riza’s reassignment from the bank to the State Department.

Hit the road Jack

So "who's next"?

diuretic
05-07-2007, 11:29 PM
Deal Is Offered for Chief’s Exit at World Bank




Hit the road Jack

So "who's next"?

Ah the possibilities....is Jack Abramoff out of prison yet? :cool:

loosecannon
05-07-2007, 11:44 PM
Ah the possibilities....is Jack Abramoff out of prison yet? :cool:

:laugh2: :laugh2:

No but it is an out to pasture position for the Bush faithful.

Gonzo?

Psychoblues
05-07-2007, 11:57 PM
Ahhhhh, the Green, Green Grass of Home. My faith in America and the World slowly restores.



:laugh2: :laugh2:

No but it is an out to pasture position for the Bush faithful.

Gonzo?

I have a good friend that is also a US Attorney. He tells me that Gonzo is now nothing more than a figurehead and for all practical purposes has no other job than to draw a Governmemnt paycheck for absolutely nothing. Who says there ain't welfare in the White House?!?!?!?!??!!?!

Psychoblues
05-09-2007, 10:45 PM
WOW!!!! 3 days and nothing to say from the true believers!!!!!!! I didn't mean to kill the thread. Wuzzup?

Baron Von Esslingen
05-10-2007, 12:29 AM
Wolf is a pariah. Failed Iraq policy. Twisting the rules to benefit his old lady. Trying to keep a job he's not qualified for. What's to love? He's just another one of Chimpy's failed associates who, for the time being, has managed to stay out of the clink.

Psychoblues
05-14-2007, 02:51 AM
Is that "pariah" or paranha, BVE?




Wolf is a pariah. Failed Iraq policy. Twisting the rules to benefit his old lady. Trying to keep a job he's not qualified for. What's to love? He's just another one of Chimpy's failed associates who, for the time being, has managed to stay out of the clink.

All the rest is repeated often in the gwb imcompetent administration.

glockmail
05-14-2007, 09:59 AM
Deal Is Offered for Chief’s Exit at World Bank




Hit the road Jack

So "who's next"?

Bush should have never let Rummy go. You can't appease the appeasers. He should have told the Democrats to pound sand from the get-go.

loosecannon
05-14-2007, 10:22 AM
Bush should have never let Rummy go. You can't appease the appeasers. He should have told the Democrats to pound sand from the get-go.

He did in 2001.