Wolfowitz Picked for Arms Control Panel

WASHINGTON — Former World Bank chief Paul Wolfowitz will head a high-level advisory panel on arms control and disarmament, the State Department said Thursday.

The move by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice marks a return to government for Wolfowitz, a conservative with close ties to the White House. As deputy defense secretary under President Bush, he was a major architect of the Iraq war.

Wolfowitz was replaced as World Bank chief last June after a stormy two-year tenure. His leadership was undermined by a furor over a hefty compensation package he arranged in 2005 for a bank employee who was also his girlfriend.

Wolfowitz will become chairman of the International Security Advisory Board, which reports to the secretary of state. The panel is charged with supplying independent advice on arms control, disarmament, nonproliferation and related subjects.

The portfolio includes commentary on several high-profile issues, including pending nuclear deals with India and North Korea and an offer to negotiate with Iran over its disputed nuclear program.

Wolfowitz currently is a defense and foreign policy studies expert at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative Washington think tank.

Controversy over job arrangements for his companion, Shaha Riza, put the World Bank's staff of 10,000 worldwide in revolt, tarnished the bank's reputation and strained relations with other countries, especially Europeans, who led the charge for Wolfowitz's ouster.

Wolfowitz was essentially forced to step down after a special panel found that he broke bank rules. He was replaced by Robert Zoellick, who had been Rice's No. 2 at the State Department and the administration's top trade envoy.

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Comments

[NCGigi]

Ms. Monica Lewinsky just wanted a job at Revlon. Ms. Shaha Riza wanted a remade Middle East. Why can't this clown be stopped?

[gappytoofcondi]

He's back. Harder to get rid of than genital warts.

[sugarmoes]

put wolfowitz in prison.

[Independent voter]

Wolfowitz is a liar, a traitor, a thief and a fool. All of the qualifications that you need to be in the Bush or Clinton cabinets.

[WorkingClass]

Somebody ask Sibel Edmonds if this is a good idea.

[massimo1]

There are some people you just can't be rid of, no matter how awful they are, now matter how hard you try. In a less civilized country, he'd be assasinated.

[Irons]

Whose is Wolf blwing to get this job?

[Shortyfuse]

If arms control means disburse our nuclear arsenal the the eastern block and Saudi Arabia, then I am not suprised. He could have just as well picked Negroponte for the job.
But the reason he picked a Jew is totally political. If you are going down in flames , just pick a Jew as a scapegoat. Why, many of the Democratic rep. and senate are Jewish. I have seen a rise in Anti sematic comments lately and I can imagine the Nazi like neo cons will gladly let themself be led around by the nose.
No I am not Jewish, just sometimes read between the lines. Let's not forget the grandfathers connection with the Nazi.

[Gabrielle]

UNTIL WE IMPEACH BUSH AND CHENEY...NOTHING WILL CHANGE THE EMPIRE WILL GO ON, IN ORDER TO BREAK THE SYSTEM...WE HAVE TO IMPEACH OTHERWISE HILL & BILL WILL CONTINUE THE MADNESS

IMPEACH THE BASTARDS NOW!!!!!!

[Stokes]

Wolfowitz the anti-Christ.

[sawdustinhershoes]

These creatures just don't go away.

I believe it's Bush's little joke on the US to appoint people to government jobs who are opposed to whatever governmental agency post they are to work in. He's done it too many times.

I think he usually does it so that his industry buddies can disassemble that governmental agency from the inside out.

We've all seen the numerous bad results of these peoples' incompetence and their corruption. Katriana, mining disasters, drugs approved by the FDA killing people, toys and consumer products tainted by poisons, the Justice Department debacle, EPA head fighting against fighting global warming. I shudder to think what we don't know about.

Then we have Wolfowitz, the neocon undead. He just keeps popping up. This time however, he's part of a disarmament team. PLEASE.

His role, should Bush's precedents stand, will be to increase arms sales to Isreal and anyone else in the region who says they're against Iran.

The real question the article should have answered is who else is working with Wolfie?

[JScott]

Amazing one can fuck up royally and still get a prestigious high paying job, no wonder this country is in the state's it's in.

[Kontessa]

Unbelievable!
Just think folks, if a Republican wins in the fall, we will have at least eight more years of this incest and cronyism.
We'll be locked into the lying, phony invasion and occupation of Iraq -- all the corruption and crimes and abuses committed by the Bush regime will continue and will never, ever see the light of day.
Thanks Democrats for NOT living up to your campaign promises in 2006 and for probably loosing the election this fall because you can't conduct yourselves like grown-ups, ever, ever, ever.
Thanks Democrats for not insisting on re-renewing the office of Special Investigator to document for the record, the crimes and corruption of the Bush regime. Thanks Democrats for being such "good Germans."

[1042173]

I imagine a horror movie series ummmm... how about Wolfie the life sucking creature that spreads terror and death everywhere he goes...and never dies.

Part I: The Wolfman Cometh - Wolfie drinks some Cool Aid, starts hallucinating about mushroom clouds, grows fur and invades Iraq.

Part II: Wolfman Takes on the World...Bank - Wolfie, left for dead at the end of part I (spun off as a whole series of its own featuring David Petraeus, Ryan Crocker, Kevin Begner, and of course the Dick Cheney as the Evil Emperor) rises, dusts himself off and howls at the moon. He is "killed" when Bride of Wolfie is found to have been hoarding gold from the village and the locals chase him out with torches.

Wolfie III: Global Insecurity in which Wolfie hooks up with AQ Kahn to bring stability and peace to world. SPOILER ALERT: It ends with the world in flames and Wolfie riding a nuclear missile towards the flaming earth Slim Pickens style screaming "I told there were WMD!!!"

[fourex]

Wolfowitz has experience with WMD and costs.