[OT] am I missing something, is wolfowitz gay?

[mikemc]

They keep referring to this guy that Wolfowitz engineered a $200K payraise for "his companion". Is that like, wingman, homeboy, or is that; like, uhm, companion for life?

AHAHAahahahaha yes, i am missing something. The companion is a woman. I don't watch much tv, or even read the newspapers, you see.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wolfowitz

[mikemc]

he is so finished.

[glu]

without a doubt!

On May 5, 2007, Reuters reported that

More than 700 World Bank staff have signed a letter expressing concern and calling for a resolution of a crisis involving bank president Paul Wolfowitz as a decision over his leadership looms.

In a rare move, the 718 employees asked to add their names to a letter first circulated on April 26 by 46 World Bank officials working to implement the bank's anti-corruption strategy. The surge of signatures, on a public letter on the bank's website, reflected signs of increasing discontent.

The next 72 hours will be critical for the former No. 2 Pentagon official accused of violating staff rules by directing a high-paid promotion for his companion Shaha Riza, a World Bank Middle East expert, as an investigating panel prepares to announce its findings.[64]

In the edition of New York Times of Monday, May 7, 2007, Steven R. Weisman reports from Washington, D.C. that by the weekend ending Sunday, May 6,

The World Bank committee investigating misconduct charges against Paul D. Wolfowitz, the bank president, failed to complete its review on schedule...but bank officials said the panel would eventually find that he violated bank rules barring conflicts of interest.

The committee, made up of 7 of the 24 members of the bank’s board, indicated last week that it would reach a conclusion about Mr. Wolfowitz on Saturday [May 5], and would transmit its findings to him to allow him to prepare for a rebuttal this week.

But no results were transmitted by early Sunday evening, though some officials said it was theoretically possible for the panel to finish later Sunday night.

Bank officials said the committee was also preparing a recommendation on what the full board should do in light of its finding but would not be disclosing that to Mr. Wolfowitz.

The committee is considering whether to recommend an outright removal or some kind of no-confidence vote that may persuade him to resign. That part of the conclusion is not likely to become known until later, bank officials said.[65]

Later, on Monday, May 7, 2007, news media have been reporting that Kevin Kellems, "director of strategy in external affairs and senior adviser" and "the right-hand man of embattled World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz," has "resigned," which some regard as a "blow" to the embattled World Bank president and some as "likely an effort to save his boss."

[thehouseofdis]

He isn't gone fast enough.