Wolfowitz Picked for Arms Control Panel

Former World Bank chief Paul Wolfowitz will head a high-level advisory panel on arms control and disarmament, the State Department said Thursday.

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Wolfowitz Blames Media for Resignation

Departing World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz in a radio interview broadcast Monday blamed an overheated atmosphere at the bank and in the media for forcing him to resign.

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Wolfowitz Departure: Healing 1st Step

The Wolfowitz episode hobbled the World Bank's work of aiding the poor, and Paul Wolfowitz's resignation was just the first step in a healing process. The Bush administration hopes to quickly name a successor to take over that effort.

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Bank Board Considers Wolfowitz's Future

Paul Wolfowitz's future as World Bank president rests with the 24 board members who are trying to resolve conflict-of-interest charges that have roiled the poverty-fighting institution.

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Wolfowitz to Face World Bank Board

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is waging a vigorous fight to keep running the institution amid findings that he broke bank rules in arranging a hefty pay package for his girlfriend.

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World Bank Panel: Wolfowitz Broke Rules

A special panel has found that World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz broke bank rules in arranging a pay package and promotion for his girlfriend, a person familiar with the report said Monday.

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World Bank Staff Panel Scolds Wolfowitz

Embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said Sunday he will continue to lead bank efforts to reduce global poverty, resisting calls to step down over his involvement in securing a huge pay increase for a close female friend.

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Bank Chief Helped Female Friend Get Job

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is taking "full responsibility" for helping a close woman friend get transferred to a high-paying job.

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Wolfowitz Urges Africa to End Corruption

Africa needs to build infrastructure and curb corruption to become truly attractive for private investment, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz told a forum of African and black American leaders.

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A senior Counsel for the 9/11 Commission, John Farmer, has written a book exposing the degree to which our response to 9/11 was disorganized and and outdated–geared to respond to an attack from Russia rather than from terrorists.

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1441 !! On a Plane Ride Home From Paris Sitting Next to a Douchebag With an Ed Hardy Shirt Reading Glenn Beck's Book

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Barack Obama's 2002 Anti-War Speech

If you haven't read this speech you should. If you have read it before, you should re-read it. I am amazed not only at the eloquence and truth with which he speaks but also the foresight he had.

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I question the motives and involvement of the same corporate-media that sold an unnecessary preemptive war and profited from its prosecution.

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200,000 dollars to off Rush.

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The Power of Nightmares is a controversial documentary that critiques the United States government and attempts to show how neo-conservatives shaped the war on terror against Islamists in the post-9/11 world. We watched it in my SRA 471 class with Dr. Horgan.

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With the Bush Administration about to recede into history, a widely asked question is whether the neoconservative philosophy that underpinned its major foreign policy decisions will likewise vanish from the scene.

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As the US presidential election reaches a climax against the background of the financial crisis, another silent, dark, time bomb of an issue hangs over the two candidates: torture.

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Yesterday, Oliver Stone's movie "W." opened in theaters nationwide, taking a look at President Bush's rise to power. However, former Bush administration staffers are in no rush to see the film, according to ABC News.

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The S & L Scandal Who's Involved: "You're a liar," McCain said when a Republic reporter asked him about the business relationship between his wife and Keating. lol. "That's the spouse's involvement, you idiot," McCain said later in the same conversation.

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The Project For The New American Century, PNAC, has gone Absent Without Leave. They have seemingly vanished with the sands of time. It sounds too good to be true which means, it probably is not true.

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The 56th annual meeting of the Bilderberg group is underway in Chantilly, Virginia. Alex Jones has posted a list of those attending this secretive and highly infulenctal conference.

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WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - Paul Wolfowitz, the former U.S. deputy defense secretary and ex-World Bank president, was named on Monday as new chairman of the board of the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council.

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How far off were they? Well, it depends on which figure you choose to start with. Here's the range: According to key officials in the Bush administration back in 2002-2003, the invasion and reconstruction of Iraq was either going to cost $60 billion, or $100-$200 billion.

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[Excerpted from book review.]

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Someone wrote and asked me, "Why are there Israeli- but not Mexican-American Dual Nationals?" Well, here's my take on this. I'd also like your views and opinions.

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America's Farm Subsidies and the World Economy

The United States produces a great deal of food each year. Actually, it overproduces food. This is the result of federal farm policies that pay farmers by the amount of crop they produce each year.

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Don't ever say the Bush administration doesn't take care of its own.

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Every Saturday, the President of the United States gives a radio address to the nation. It is followed by the Democratic response, usually given by a House or Senate Democrat.

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Between Oct. 7 and Oct. 9, high-ranking U.S. officials met in Prague, Czech Republic, with parts of the Venezuelan opposition, according to reports from Tribuna Popular and Prensa Latina.

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He was the CIA's expert on Pakistan's nuclear secrets, but Rich Barlow was thrown out and disgraced when he blew the whistle on a US cover-up. Now he's to have his day in court. Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark report. ...

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A federal judge yesterday issued a rare ruling that ordered Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and more than 10 other prominent current and former government officials to testify on behalf of two pro-Israel lobbyists accused of violating the Espionage Act at their upcoming crimi …

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Scott Horton: There's this lady named Sibel Edmonds, and she lived in Iran and Turkey and moved to the US, became a US citizen and after the attacks of September 11 she heard FBI agents on TV saying 'We need translators, we need help here, we're at war against the enemy and so f …

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What can I say to add to the title of this article? This guy is meeting with Major conservative players, but no one says a word. Even though he is elated when US troops and citizens are killed! Go GOP! And they call us traitors!

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Listen up. Can you hear the drums beating for a third war?

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