[R-P] Fw: Europeans Don't Like Iraq War Wolfowitz For World Bank

[Julio Fernández Baraibar]

The New York Times – USA – 2 de Marzo de 2005Sonamos. La Carleton S.
Fiorina, ex presidente de la Hewlett-Packard, a la que Kirchner no atendió
después de hacerle hacer un plantón de varias horas, en el mejor estilo de
don Hipólito, va a ser presidente del Banco Mundial, de acuerdo a un
funcionario de la administración de Bush.
El otro favorito es ni más ni menos que Paul Wolfowitz, uno de los
principales ideólogos del actual inquilino de la Casa Blanca.
Es algo así como elegir entre la horca y la guillotina.
Julio Fernández Baraibar
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The New York Times – USA – 2 de Marzo de 2005

Fiorina Called Candidate for World Bank
By ELIZABETH BECKER


WASHINGTON, March 1 - Carleton S. Fiorina, who lost her job as chief
executive of Hewlett-Packard almost three weeks ago, has emerged as a strong
candidate to become president of the World Bank, according to an official in
the Bush administration.
Paul D. Wolfowitz, the deputy secretary of defense, was also under serious
consideration, according to the official, who refused to be identified
because discussion about the candidates is continuing.
But the Defense Department insisted on Tuesday that Mr. Wolfowitz would
remain in place as deputy secretary of defense.
Its spokesman, Lawrence Di Rita, declared in a statement, "As we've said
before, Secretary Wolfowitz has been asked to stay on in an extremely
important job, one that he likes doing very much."
As a powerful No. 2 man at the Pentagon, a departure for the World Bank by
Mr. Wolfowitz could have great effects on military policy.
Yet a nomination of Mr. Wolfowitz could face opposition from European
nations that see him as a principal architect of the Iraq war.
Robert B. Zoellick, until last week the United States trade representative,
had been the White House's candidate to succeed the current bank president,
James D. Wolfensohn, who completes his second five-year term in May. But
officials reopened the search when Mr. Zoellick was selected to be deputy
secretary of state.
The short list also includes Randall L. Tobias, global AIDS coordinator for
the White House, who is a former chief executive of Eli Lilly & Company, and
John B. Taylor, under secretary of the Treasury for international affairs.
M. Peter McPherson, former president of Michigan State University, is no
longer considered a leading candidate. A long shot is Representative Jim
Leach, Republican of Iowa, who is a specialist on aid and development.
The decision rests on several factors, including the results of
consultations with members of the World Bank, politics within the Bush
administration and a closer scrutiny of the candidates.
The deputy spokesman for the Treasury Department, Tony Fratto, said there
was no timeline for making an appointment.
The Treasury Department, which handles the recommendation process, would not
comment on the prospects for Mr. Wolfowitz, which were first reported
Tuesday in The Financial Times, or on those of any other candidate.
"We don't comment or speculate on personnel decisions," Mr. Fratto said.
By tradition, the United States chooses the head of the World Bank while the
Europeans select the director of the International Monetary Fund. The
countries left out of the process would like that changed.



With this choice, President Bush would have a chance to name his own person
to be the spokesman for the world's poor. Increasingly, Mr. Bush has pushed
to put his mark on foreign aid policy, stressing help for countries meeting
his criteria for responsible government. In the new budget proposal, foreign
aid was spared the deep cuts made in many domestic programs.
Whether Mr. Wolfowitz would be the best candidate to pursue these ideas is
susceptible to questions by other countries that are major forces at the
World Bank.
Nancy Birdsall, president of the Center for Global Development, a
nonpartisan institute, said, "I don't think there's any question that the
Europeans would want to veto Wolfowitz, and they would view his nomination
as an act of bad faith on the part of the administration."
The Europeans could take a page from the United States and block a
nomination of Mr. Wolfowitz just as President Bill Clinton's administration
blocked the appointment of Caio Koch Weser, the German candidate to head the
International Monetary Fund. The United States considered him too weak for
the position.
Ms. Fiorina, the only woman on the list, carries far less political baggage
than Mr. Wolfowitz and has a reputation for dynamic leadership. As the head
of a Fortune 500 company for six years, she gained executive experience that
put her near the top of the list for the job. She would also add glamour as
probably the only candidate famous enough to be widely known by her
nickname - Carly.
Lael Brainard, director of the poverty and global initiative at the
Brookings Institute, said, "Her candidacy is within the traditional mold in
that America has on occasion gone to someone with a proven record in the
corporate world because, at the end of the day, the World Bank is a big
management challenge."
Mr. Wolfowitz, as assistant secretary of state for East Asia and United
States ambassador to Indonesia, oversaw policy for parts of the developing
world. But neither he nor Ms. Fiorina is an expert in development.




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