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Why did Paul Wolfowitz resign from the World Bank?(The Week)(Brief article)

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Why did Paul Wolfowitz resign from the World Bank? If you think it had anything to do with a pay raise for his girlfriend, Shaha Riza, you've been led astray by the astonishingly slanted mainstream-media coverage. Riza's deal was always a red herring, and Wolfowitz justifiably demanded that, in exchange for his resignation, the Bank's board acknowledge that he had done nothing wrong. The board took the deal and admitted that Wolfowitz had "acted ethically and in good faith in what he believed were the best interests of the institution." ...

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