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Hitchens: Lay Off Wolfie!

By Olivia Gage,  Newser User

Posted Apr 19, 2007 8:19 AM CDT

(Newser) – Unflappable contrarian Chris Hitchens casts a sympathetic eye at beset World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz. Cries for Wolfowitz's resignation have crescendoed since revelations that he had a hand in getting his girlfriend, Shaha Riza, a big promotion at the poverty-fighting organization last year.

Wolfie disclosed his relationship, Hitchens notes in his favor.  And Riza is no ditzy secretary with a sinecure. "Anyone in Washington who cares about democracy in the Muslim world is familiar with her work," writes the self-styled neo-con and acquaintance of the pair. And, above all, doesn't the happy couple deserve their privacy?

 World Bank Chief Paul Wolfowitz faces charges of nepotism
World Bank Chief Paul Wolfowitz faces charges of nepotism
 Paul Wolfowitz faces charges of nepotism
Paul Wolfowitz faces charges of nepotism
 Journalist Christopher Hitchens argues that Wolfowitz is Innocent
Journalist Christopher Hitchens argues that Wolfowitz is Innocent
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