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| Lawrence Summers, John Kerry, Susan Rice on World Bank shortlist, source says |
| 2012-03-08 |
| U.S. Senator John Kerry, ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice and economist Lawrence Summers have been shortlisted to be the next World Bank head, a source close to the institution told AFP. The source added that the United States had yet to make a final decision. Kerry was the Democratic presidential candidate in 2004, when he lost to then-president George W. Bush, and currently serves as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Rice previously served as a senior national security advisor to President Barack Obama during his successful 2008 White House campaign, and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a prominent Washington think tank, for several years. Summers served as Secretary of the Treasury under president Bill Clinton from 1999 to 2001 and is currently a Harvard University economics professor. Last month World Bank President Robert Zoellick announced he would be stepping down when his five-year term ends on June 30. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 If having been "Kicked-upstairs" several times in the past is qualifying criteria, which usually is the case, Panetta just might be able to submit "his availability". |
| Posted by: Jusomble Whinens3272 2012-03-08 23:03 |
| #3 She did her part in helping to destroy the country with her Wall(TM) and then getting on the 9-11 Commission. She is Emeritus now. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2012-03-08 22:15 |
| #2 Sorta like having Eric Holder, Jamie Gorelick or Ron Johnson in charge at Fannie Mae. I'm wondering where Gorelick's name was: she's certainly one of the usual suspects. Perhaps Champ's crew is realizing that she's irrevocably tainted? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-03-08 12:20 |
| #1 In short, the usual suspects. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2012-03-08 12:11 |