White House yields; speculation on successor already lively
Financial Times (UK) May 17, 07 5:59 PM CDT
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Paul Wolfowitz will leave the World Bank on June 30, capping a tumultuous two years for the development institution and its beleaguered president. Wolfowitz's tenure was marked by controversy from day one, when he assumed the office under the cloud of the Iraq war, until today, when a drawn-out ethics scandal finally drove him from office.
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Justice Dept. considered firing 26; documents contradict Gonzales' testimony
Washington Post May 17, 07 8:42 AM CDT
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The Justice Department considered firing at least 26 US attorneys, the Washington Post reports, including 13 who still have their jobs. Alberto Gonzales' office compiled the previously undisclosed lists, which appear to indicate that the AG targeted far more prosecutors than he has acknowledged. He has testified that the purge effort was limited to the eight who were ultimately fired.
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World Bank board negotiating terms
of president's exit
CNN May 16, 07 3:55 PM CDT
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Paul Wolfowitz may step down from the World Bank as early as today, CNNMoney reports. Wolfowitz and the World Bank board are still wrangling over the terms of his departure, but early accounts suggest that the beleaguered president would leave voluntarily and the bank would admit some responsibility for the handling of a transfer and hefty raise awarded to Wolfowitz's girlfriend.
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Bank will discuss his fate today
Washington Post May 16, 07 6:26 AM CDT
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The White House is looking for an exit srategy for besieged World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz. After months of unwavering support that failed to soften the bank's European partners, the Bush administration has indicated a willingness to replace him if it can be done without firing, the Washington Post reports.
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McNulty responsible
for US attorney firings, AG contends
Reuters May 15, 07 7:25 PM CDT
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Paul McNulty bears the ultimate responsibility for the US attorney firings, Alberto Gonzales said today, placing the blame for the scandal rocking the Justice Department on its second-highest-ranking official. "He signed off on the names," the AG said. McNulty, who announced yesterday that he'll step down this summer, declined to respond, the AP reported.
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Fired attorneys ticked off Rove by being lax on voter fraud, says Dan Froomkin
Washington Post May 15, 07 7:24 PM CDT
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Karl Rove's role in the US attorney firings wouldn't be atypical for the power broker, writes the Post 's Dan Froomkin. Bush's ballot-calculating mastermind has long been monomaniacal about prosecuting voter fraud, a move his critics decry as a tactic to "suppress poor and minority turnout."
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Calls her 'intractable' and 'extremely angry'
Washington Post May 15, 07 10:27 AM CDT
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Paul Wolfowitz fought back aggressively in a written response to the charges that he mishandled a raise and promotion for his girlfriend, the Washington Post reports. The embattled World Bank president claims the ethics committee forced him to handle the transfer himself because Shaha Riza was "extremely angry and upset," and so "intractable" that members feared a lawsuit.
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Financial Times (UK) May 15, 07 6:21 AM CDT
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World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz broke the bank's code of ethics, three bank rules and the terms of his own contract when he ordered pay raises and promotions for his girlfriend, a panel investigating his role concluded. The Financial Times details the withering report, which says Wolfowitz displayed "questionable judgment and a preoccupation with self-interest.”
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Endgame near as majority of bank board favors dismissal
Washington Post May 12, 07 8:00 AM CDT
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The World Bank executive board plans to force Paul Wolfowitz out of his post as president this week, reports The Washington Post; they're hoping a vote of no-confidence will induce him to resign without having to risk angering the U.S. by firing him.
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Leaked emails show cover-up of meddling
National Journal May 11, 07 2:39 PM CDT
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Karl Rove finagled a U.S. attorney post for his protégé Timothy Griffin, and the White House concealed his role in the appointment, the National Journal concludes from previously unrelease e-mails leaked to them. Griffin replaced fired attorney Bud Cummins; a Justice Department letter (later retracted) assured Congress Rove played no role in the transaction.
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AG looks more confident as GOP defenders materialize
Financial Times (UK) May 11, 07 7:15 AM CDT
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The Democrats' campaign to unseat Alberto Gonzales appears to have lost some luster, the Financial Times reports. As the House Judiciary Committee continues to grill the attorney general about the firing of nine U.S. Attorneys last year, Republicans are increasingly rallying behind their man, and are now calling for the investigation to end.
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Addition to list belies Gonzales testimony, shifts timetable
Washington Post May 10, 07 8:14 AM CDT
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With Alberto Gonzales heading for more congressional grilling tomorrow—this time by the House—the Washington Post reports that a ninth federal prosecutor, Todd P. Graves, was asked to step down from his job in January 2006. Graves, who served in Kansas City, said he was told to resign to "give another person a chance."
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World Bank can expect numerous responses
to 'help wanted' ad
Washington Times May 10, 07 8:00 AM CDT
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As pressure on Paul Wolfowitz to step down grows, so does the list of possible successors to the scandal-battered World Bank president. The conservative Washington Times focuses on Goldman Sachs executive Robert Zoellick, a former official in both Bush administrations; other names in play include Treasury official Robert Kimmitt and Reagan administration throwback Martin Feldstein.
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U.S. could choose
the next World Bank president
New York Times May 8, 07 7:00 AM CDT
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European partners in the World Bank have signaled to the White House that they want Paul Wolfowitz to resign, the New York Times reports, and they're willing to let the U.S. appoint his successor to make that happen. After an investigating committee found Wolfowitz guilty of ethical breaches, one European official called his credibility "beyond repair."
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