Bush Opens Door to Wolfowitz’s Resigning

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Bush Opens Door to Wolfowitz’s Resigning

By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
Published: May 16, 2007

WASHINGTON, May 15 — The Bush administration, shifting strategy in the face of mounting opposition to Paul D. Wolfowitz, opened the door Tuesday to his resigning voluntarily as World Bank president if the bank board dropped its drive to declare him unfit to remain in office.

But the administration’s new approach — outlined in a telephone conference call between the Treasury Department in Washington and economic ministries in Japan, Canada and Europe — appeared to gain few immediate supporters, various officials said.

Indeed, bank officials said the board seemed determined on Tuesday evening to endorse the findings of a special committee that Mr. Wolfowitz broke bank rules, ethics and governance standards in arranging for, and concealing, a pay and promotion package for his companion, Shaha Ali Riza, in 2005.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/washington/16wolfowitz.html?hp

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1. Wolfie should be sharpening his dagger to prep for the Sempuku Honor restoration