Press reports are circulating that President Bush – surprise, surprise, will pick; Robert Zoellick, another middle aged white man to head the World Bank. But does he have what it takes?. Meanwhile, and probably in responses to the press reports about Zoellick, the World Bank Board of executive directors has issued a statement. Continue reading →

As many of us suspected, European countries agreed not to challenge the U.S. “divine right of appointing” as part of the bargain that saw Wolfowitz resign, according to Canada’s Globe and Mail. This line in the article on Zoellick caught my attention: Continue reading →

Bush will make the announcement tomorrow according to an Associated Press release, published by ABC news.“President Bush has chosen Robert Zoellick, a one-time U.S. trade representative and former No. 2 official at the State Department, to lead the World Bank, a senior administration official said Tuesday.” Continue reading →

Aahh! One neocon replaces another. The end is nigh!!! Bloomberg has the scoop. In case anyone’s forgotten, Zoellick is another Project for the New American Century, Iraq war hawk, who had a reputation of being the opposite of a diplomat (whatever that is) when he was the head of USTR….

Bloomberg is reporting that “The German government has told the Bush administration that it would support the nomination of former U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick to head the World Bank, a German government official said.” Continue reading →