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'''Robert Bruce Zoellick''' was [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070530-4.html nominated] May 30, 2007, by President [[George W. Bush]] to be president of the [[World Bank]]. Zoellick is "an executive at [[Goldman Sachs Group Inc.]], where Treasury Secretary [[Henry Paulson]], who will recommend candidates for the [[World Bank]] job to President [[George W. Bush]], was chairman until June [1996]." [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=agAylsBShx_M&refer=home]
"The German government has told the [[Bush administration]] that it would support" Zoellick's nomination to head the World Bank. Zoellick "would serve a five-year term, subject to the approval of the bank's board", to replace [[Paul Wolfowitz]], whose resignation is effective June 30, 2007. [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=agAylsBShx_M&refer=home]
*Tom Barry, [http://www.counterpunch.org/barry01142005.html Robert Zoellick: a Bush Family Man], ''CounterPunch'', January 14, 2005. Overview of Zoellick and compared to the [[neocons]].
*Andreas Cremer, [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=agAylsBShx_M&refer=home "Zoellick Wins German Support to Be World Bank Head (Update1),"] Bloomberg News, May 29, 2007.
*[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070530-4.html News Release: "President Bush Nominates Robert Zoellick To Be President Of The World Bank,"] Office of the White House Press Secretary, May 30, 2007.
*Michael Duffy, [http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1626382,00.html "The Man Who'll Replace Wolfowitz,"] ''TIME'' Magazine, May 30, 2007.
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