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Article: Europeans Resist Wolfowitz for World Bank; Lack of Consultation, War Role Criticized
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- The Washington Post
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- March 18, 2005
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Battle lines hardened yesterday over President Bush's nomination
of Paul D. Wolfowitz to become president of the World Bank, as U.S.
officials pressed for swift approval by the bank's board and some
European officials vowed to resist.
The deputy defense secretary's nomination, already hugely
controversial because of his role as a key architect of the Iraq war,
drew fresh denunciations in European capitals, where critics fumed
that Washington had failed to consult other member countries of the
bank before springing its choice on them. By tradition, the United
States gets to pick the bank's president, but the decision must be
approved by the board, which has always operated by consensus.
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