Because You Can't Get Enough World Bank News

It's a relief, I suppose: It's not Poodle Blair, it's not MC KatKillah Frist, it's Robert Zoellick:

U.S. President George W. Bush has chosen Robert Zoellick, a former U.S. Trade Representative, as the new president for the World Bank to replace Paul Wolfowitz, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.

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Bush had said he wanted an American to succeed Wolfowitz, despite increasing calls from World Bank member countries and some U.S. lawmakers to throw the process open to a global pool of candidates.

A non-American? Like that's going to happen.

Still, it could have been worse. Which isn't saying much.

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