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Wolfowitz Resignation Appears Imminent

By Tom Gjelten, Madeleine Brand

Published May 17, 2007 at 10:00 AM PDT

This story was published more than 17 years ago.

After weeks of controversy, it appears that World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is on his way out. He's negotiating an agreement to resign.

The development comes after The bank's board met on Wednesday to consider his fate. A special panel found Wolfowitz violated bank rules by arranging a promotion and pay increase for his girlfriend back in 2005.

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Tom Gjelten

Tom Gjelten reports on religion, faith, and belief for NPR News, a beat that encompasses such areas as the changing religious landscape in America, the formation of personal identity, the role of religion in politics, and conflict arising from religious differences. His reporting draws on his many years covering national and international news from posts in Washington and around the world.

Madeleine Brand

Madeleine Brand is the host of NPRs newest and fastest-growing daily show, Day to Day. She conducts interviews with newsmakers (Iraqi politicians, US senators), entertainment figures (Bernardo Bertolluci, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais), and the everyday people affected by the news (an autoworker laid off at GM, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq).