Wolfowitz makes emotional appeal to keep Bank job (Reuters)

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Wolfowitz makes emotional appeal to keep Bank job

By Lesley Wroughton
1 hour, 18 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In an emotional appeal on Tuesday to
the World Bank's board to keep his job, Paul Wolfowitz said a loss
of confidence in his leadership would be "grossly unfair" and he
called for a fair resolution in a dispute over a pay and promotion
deal for his companion.

In a last pitch to explain his actions in the agreement he directed
for World Bank Middle East expert Shaha Riza, which sparked
controversy in the bank, World Bank President Wolfowitz promised
to make changes to his management style to regain the trust of
bank staff.

"I respectfully submit, to criticize my actions or to find them as
a basis for a loss of confidence would be grossly unfair and would
be contrary to the evidence we have presented to you," Wolfowitz
said in a statement to the board distributed by his lawyers.

"Rather than fix blame for something that wasn't wrong, we should
all acknowledge our responsibility as I have acknowledged mine,"
he said, acknowledging he was not without fault.

He urged the board to be fair as it considered whether he should
stay, resign or be fired for his actions.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070516/ts_nm/worldbank_wolfowitz_statement_dc

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Also: Europeans step up pressure on Wolfowitz - The Guardian

Updated Reuters story: Defiant Wolfowitz appeals to board over his job

[MadMaddie]

1. Why is he fighting so hard to keep this particular job?

Why is Condi and the WH fighting to keep his job?

Something ain't right here.

[babylonsister]

2. Most excellent question! Why won't he just go away? Earlier, he trashed

his girlfriend, blaming her. Why is this so important?

[MadMaddie]

3. I am really starting to think that he and the WH had other plans

that will be disrupted if he leaves and they will be found out....I am betting he was very secrative about what he was doing.....I would love to see him tried at the Hague...

[Kagemusha]

4. Translation: Lay off me because you're just as guilty as I am.

Accept this and let's move on, because you don't have what it TAKES to kiss my shoes.