Betsy's Page: The truth about Paul Wolfowitz

re: "When rumors first started circulating that Paul Wolfowitz had used his position as President of the World Bank to give his girlfriend a big raise, I found it hard to believe that someone with as much experience as Wolfowitz would make such a mistake. Well, now that the documentary records have been released it is clear that this story has been the result of selective leaks geared towards damaging his reputation but with the barest relationship to what actually went on. / Before he even took the job at the World Bank, Wolfowitz informed the Bank that his girlfriend worked there and that this was a potential conflict of interest. The Bank's ethics committee recommended several options, one of which was that she be offered a salary increase in exchange for her having to leave her job. The head of the ethics committee then told Wolfowitz that it was his job as President of the Bank to instruct the human resources division to give her this offer. After receiving those written instructions from the ethics committee, Wolfowitz did so..."...