Archive for the 'Wolfowitz' Category

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Sunday, June 8th, 2008

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Houston Chronicle
“We Should Not Let Them Back into Polite Society” - Richard Clarke on GWB and His Cronies
Posted 6/6/2008 8:40 AM CDT
On Countdown last night, Keith went after GWB and his administration over the new Phase 2 Report on Iraq intelligence issued yesterday under chairman Jay Rockefeller. The conclusions reached by this report were […]

Whew! So, it had nothing to do with getting laid?

Monday, May 28th, 2007

Wolfowitz Blames Media for Resignation
The Associated Press
Monday, May 28, 2007; 6:05 AM
LONDON — Departing World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz in a radio interview broadcast Monday blamed an overheated atmosphere at the bank and in the media for forcing him to resign.
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Is it not fitting that The Wolf chose Memorial Day to whine about his personal […]

Sic Semper Tyrannis.

Monday, May 21st, 2007

The Sunday Times
May 20, 2007
Decline and fall of the neocons
Paul Wolfowitz’s departure from the World Bank signals the end of an ideological era in Washington
Sarah Baxter
As Tony Blair was bidding farewell to President George W Bush in the Rose Garden on Thursday, the World Bank was preparing to kick out Paul Wolfowitz as president. Allies […]

Could this have been the real reason for the ‘resignation?’

Friday, May 18th, 2007

May 18, 2007
Wolfowitz Resigns From World Bank
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
The New York Times
WASHINGTON, May 17 — Paul D. Wolfowitz, ending a furor over favoritism that blew up into a global fight over American leadership, announced his resignation as president of the World Bank Thursday evening after the bank’s board accepted his claim that his mistakes […]

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Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Angry Wolfowitz in four-letter tirade
Richard Adams in Washington
Tuesday May 15, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
An angry and bitter Paul Wolfowitz poured abuse and threatened retaliations on senior World Bank staff if his orders for pay rises and promotions for his partner were revealed, according to new details published last night.
Under fire for the lavish package given to Shaha […]

Ooops!

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

May 14, 2007
Bank Files May Undercut Wolfowitz, Critics Say
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
New York Times
WASHINGTON, May 13 — Documents circulating at the World Bank suggest that Paul D. Wolfowitz, the bank president, understood that his role in ordering a pay increase and promotion for his companion in 2005 might be seen as a conflict of interest […]

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Friday, April 13th, 2007

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April 13, 2007
Bank Staff Asks Wolfowitz to Resign
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSFiled at 12:46 a.m. ETWASHINGTON (AP) — World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz acknowledged Thursday that he erred in helping a close female friend get transferred to a high-paying job, and said he was sorry.
His apology didn’t ease concerns among the bank’s staff association, which wants […]