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World Banker
Stand by for announcement of the new president of the World Bank.
“I think we’re getting pretty close,” White House spokesman Tony Snow said today aboard Air Force One as President Bush headed to Georgia for an immigration event.
This week?
“Likely, yes,” says Snow.
Today?
“Don’t expect a formal announcement out of the White House today, no,” says Snow.
How about a leak?
“Not on the back of Air Force One, thank you very much,” says Snow.
So look for a leak perhaps later today at another venue.
Smart money seems to be on Robert Zoellick, a former deputy secretary of state. Robert Kimmitt, now a deputy treasury secretary, also has been mentioned.
The appointee will replace Paul Wolfowitz, who resigned, effective June 30, as a result of an ethics scandal involving his girlfriend’s job at the World Bank.
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