Wolfowitz and Riza to address World Bank panel Monday

[struggle4progress]

Source: Reuters

April 27, 2007 - 10:43 PM

By Lesley Wroughton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz and his bank-employed girlfriend will appear before a special panel on Monday to discuss a promotion and raise he arranged for her that has sparked calls for his resignation.

"He will be appearing on Monday morning and making a full presentation to the committee, showing them that there is absolutely no merit at all in the allegation that there was a conflict of interest," Wolfowitz's lawyer, Robert Bennett, told Reuters. ~snip~

Board sources said the panel investigating the matter had hoped to wrap up its work this week but that Wolfowitz's appointment of a lawyer had set them back. ~snip~

Another board source said the issue would likely not be put to a vote of the World Bank's 24-nation board. Instead, the source said the board would try to build a consensus on how to proceed because of the "political nature" of the decision. ~snip~



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[Webster Green]

1. He'll be clinging to the doorframes when they drag him out of there..

What an asshole!

[tabasco]

2. Wolfshit shows his arrogant stupidity by not seeing the writing on the wall.

Too many folks against him to believe he will survive.

The bank will not tolerate his lack of leadership ability and stupidity.

[Ikonoklast]

3. Toast.

We are witnessing the death of the neocon movement, and it is by suicide.

[JDPriestly]

4. Face it, Wolfie. They don't like you, and they don't want you.

Get while the gettin's good.

[AlCzervik]

5. are tickets available?

[cliss]

6. Aaaahhh this is so good.

I love it. This is Poker, on a grand scale.

Each side keeps upping the ante, and they keep seeing each other. Because of Wolfowitz stubborn refusal to go, the bank has been forced to dredge up some really UGLY stuff he's done. Wolfowitz, in turn, is meeting with his attorney.

I BET those two have their own LOAD OF DIRT on the board, or lots of sleazy goings-on with the World Bank.

HANG IN THERE, Baby. Just hold out Paul & they will be forced to air your crap in public. This is really dirty laundry. What a spectacle.

[whistle]

7. This means Wolfowitless will return to the bunker with Cheney and Bush

....where we won't be able to monitor the damage he will be doing. On the other hand they may all be heading there to take cyanide capsules

[Hardrada]

8. I have always thought they all have cyanide teeth to

like Himmler etc in case they are funally taken captive by the People!