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World Community Cautious on Wolfowitz Nomination

On Wednesday, President Bush nominated Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, a leading architect of the war in Iraq, to head the World Bank. The choice is already meeting opposition from the international community. NPR's Ed Gordon discusses the nomination with Nancy Birdsall, president of the Center for Global Development, and Emira Woods, co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies.

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