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==Executive Summary== '''Robert Bruce Zoellick''' was unanimously confirmed has previously served as President deputy secretary of state, president of the [[World Bank]] on June 25, and vice chairman of Goldman Sachs (2006-2007). Zoellick is now a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics, which received $765,000 from Peterson’s foundation from 2009-2011.<ref>Lesley WroughtonPeter G. Peterson Foundation, [http://ukwww.reuterspgpf.comorg/Issues/Grants/2010/12/article16/homepageCrisis~/idUKN25302115._CH_link.242020070625 aspx?_id=11E303D17D4444B0BC413A5E7211B658&_z=z "Zoellick unanimously approved as World Bank chief,Peterson Institute for International Economics"] Reuters (UK), June 25organizational website, accessed January 1, 20072013.</ref> Zoellick was nominated for The Peterson Institute’s board includes numerous current and former Fortune 500 CEOs from companies that would benefit from Fix the position Debt’s proposed lowering of corporate tax rates and sharp lowering of taxes on May 30repatriated profits.<ref>Peterson Institute for International Economics, [http://www.iie.com/institute/board.cfm "Board of Directors"], 2007organizational website, accessed January 1, by President 2013.</ref> ==Ties to 'Fix the Debt'== Zoellick is listed as a member of the Campaign to [[George W. BushFix the Debt]]'s steering committee.<ref>Fix the Debt, [http://www.whitehousefixthedebt.govorg/news/releases/2007/05/20070530who-we-4.html News Release: are "President Bush Nominates Robert Zoellick As President Of The World Bank,Who We Are"] Office of the White House Press Secretary, May 30organizational website, 2007accessed December 2012.</ref>
==Profiles==
Zoellick was unanimously confirmed as President of the [[World Bank]] on June 25, 2007.<ref>Lesley Wroughton, [http://uk.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUKN25302115._CH_.242020070625 "Zoellick unanimously approved as World Bank chief,"] Reuters (UK), June 25, 2007.</ref> Zoellick was nominated for the position on May 30, 2007, by President [[George W. Bush]].<ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070530-4.html News Release: "President Bush Nominates Robert Zoellick As President Of The World Bank,"] Office of the White House Press Secretary, May 30, 2007.</ref>
At the time of his nomination, Zoellick was serving "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]."<ref>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.</ref>
