[Marxism] ... a wolf in the chicken coop

[Brian Shannon <Brian_Shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is it because Bono and Angelina Jolie wanted Colin Powell?



http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=585967

Bush to Tap Wolfowitz as New World Bank President
ReutersReuters

Mar 16, 2005 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deputy Defense Secretary Paul 
Wolfowitz, a lightning rod for controversy as one of the main advocates 
for the Iraq war, is President Bush's choice for World Bank president, 
administration officials said on Wednesday.

Wolfowitz would replace World Bank chief James Wolfensohn, who said 
earlier this month that Wolfowitz was no longer in the running for the 
top job after a Pentagon official suggested he wanted to stay at the 
Defense Department.

The U.S. Treasury Department has said it wants a new president in place 
before Wolfensohn departs in June after 10 years in the post.
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By tradition, the United States selects the World Bank president while 
Europeans nominate a head of the International Monetary Fund. Bush's 
choice of Wolfowitz must still be ratified by other World Bank members, 
a process that could prove unusually contentious.

Wolfowitz is a deeply controversial figure in Europe because of his 
role in designing and promoting the Iraq war.

He has also been a frequent target of criticism from congressional 
Democrats for what they called his "rosy" assessments of the Iraq war. 
Before the invasion, he assured Congress: "We are dealing with a 
country that can really finance its own reconstruction and relatively 
soon."

The selection follows Bush's controversial decision to nominate John 
Bolton, another leading administration hawk, to be U.S. ambassador to 
the United Nations.

Wolfowitz beat out former Hewlett-Packard Co. chief executive Carly 
Fiorina, who had also been a leading contender for the World Bank 
presidency.

Wolfensohn, an Australian who became American to take the job, was 
appointed by President Bill Clinton. But he frequently clashed with 
Bush's Treasury Department, which decided it was time for a change. 

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