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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: longnshort who wrote (761374)	4/18/2007 11:38:21 AM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (2) of 769670

The kiss of death....maybe. ___________________ W.House says Bush still confident in Wolfowitz 56 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Wednesday that President George W. Bush still had "full confidence" in World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, who faces a storm of criticism for helping arrange a high-paying promotion for his girlfriend. ADVERTISEMENT "We still have full confidence, the president has full confidence in President Wolfowitz," White House spokesman Tony Fratto told reporters. Wolfowitz, a key Iraq war architect who left the Pentagon in 2005 to become president of the World Bank, played a role in dictating the terms that his girlfriend, bank employee Shaha Riza, would be offered to take an outside assignment. The bank's board is examining Wolfowitz's role in helping to arrange the promotion and the bank's staff association has called for his resignation. "I think the effort of the World Bank board should be to get to the facts, treat it with fairness and think of the long-term effectiveness of the institution," Fratto said. On Sunday, World Bank member governments expressed concern the matter could harm the credibility of the poverty-fighting institution. However, Wolfowitz said he intended to stay in his job

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