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...trips to Iraq, [Deputy Defense Secretary] Paul Wolfowitz told our senior man there, "You don't understand the policy of the U.S. government, and if you don't understand the policy, you are hardly in a position to collect the intelligence to help that policy succeed." It was an arrogant statement that masked a larger reality. In many cases we were not aware of what our own government was trying to do. The one thing we were certain of was that our warnings were falling on deaf ears...
...Look, I believe in the mission of this organization, and I believe I can carry it out.' PAUL WOLFOWITZ, World Bank president, responding to calls for his resignation after he helped arrange for pay hikes for his girlfriend
...Look, I believe in the mission of this organization, and I believe I can carry it out.' PAUL WOLFOWITZ, World Bank president, responding to calls for his resignation after he helped arrange for pay hikes for his girlfriend...
...truth, there was plenty of idealism to go around: Wolfowitz got the job in part because he was thought by the Bank's board to enjoy good relations with the Republican Congress - an idea that doesn't look so shrewd now that the Democrats control both chambers. It won't help Wolfowitz with Congress that Riza's first boss at State was none other than Elizabeth Cheney, the daughter of the vice president...
...Wolfowitz, who raised the idea of invading Iraq with President Bush just a week after September 11, is known for keeping many irons in lots of fires. An aide once told me he had seen Wolfowitz on several occasions conduct multiple telephone conversations simultaneously. His job at the Pentagon was to think the big thoughts and let the others worry about the details. His Pentagon boss, Donald Rumsfeld, once explained their relationship with a modesty that was false but nonetheless telling: "Paul's an academic. I'm a Cook County politician...