Bush picks Zoellick as new World Bank Chief
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... reputation among foreign policy types across the world ... something we badly need," former secretary of state James Baker, who has worked closely with Zoellick, told Reuters by telephone. Baker acknowledged that Zoellick does not have extensive...
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Wolfowitz is out, Baker's man is in
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World Bank Chief Zoellick: Bush's Quiet Idealist
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But 53-year-old Zoellick knows what he wants -- which is to say, he knows what his superior in Washington wants.
The crisis manager's right-hand man
He is, after all, an old friend of the Bush family -- and he shares its conviction that the United States is the only qualified world power today. Zoellick, who grew up as a descendant of German immigrants in Illinois, was one of the protégés of James Baker, the Bush clan's perennial crisis manager and the Secretary of State under George H.W. Bush. As Baker's right-hand man, the junior diplomat hammered out the foreign policy conditions of German unity during the "Two Plus Four" talks in the summer of 1990.
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For Your Reference:
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush's choice to take over the Defense Department is already involved in planning for the future of the war in Iraq as a member of a high-level commission reviewing U.S. strategy.
Bush tapped Robert Gates, who served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency during his father's presidency, on Wednesday to replace embattled Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who stepped down amid heavy criticism of his management of the war.
The 63-year-old Gates is a member of the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan, congressionally-established panel led by former Secretary of State James Baker, a longtime Bush family confidante; and Lee Hamilton, the former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and vice chairman of the 9/11 commission.
The panel is working to finish its assessment of the increasingly unpopular conflict and is expected to recommend changes in the U.S. strategy there.
Members already have held extensive high-level meetings with Bush, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and numerous other U.S. and Iraqi military officials. (Watch reaction to 'new face' at Pentagon -- 2:05)
On another contentious issue, Gates has called for direct talks with Iran's government.
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FYI: PDF: THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT
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Iraq Study Group: Selling Israel Down the River
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The Truth Laid Bear has the Iraq Study Group document in linkable form. The sections dealing with Israel are especially troubling, but not surprising given Baker’s history. All these recommendations stem from a basis of complete fantasy, in which Israel’s Arab neighbors are genuinely interested in peace and all we ...
Iraq Study Group Will Call for Pullout
Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 6:39:34 am
The Iraq Study Group, according to the New York Times, is going to recommend retreat with honor. Or withdrawal with dignity. Something Vietnam-flavored, for the new, not-at-war America. 15 Brigades Would Gradually Stand Down Under Plan. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 — The bipartisan Iraq Study Group reached a consensus on Wednesday on ...
Iraq Study Group to Pressure Israel?
Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 4:34:46 pm
Here’s a troubling report at the New York Sun on what we can expect from the Baker-Hamilton study group: Baker Panel Aide Expects Israel Will Be Pressed. WASHINGTON — An expert adviser to the Baker-Hamilton commission expects the 10-person panel to recommend that the Bush administration pressure Israel to make concessions ...
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