White House Shifts Away from Wolfowitz For the first time since Paul Wolfowitz’s employment imbroglio with Shaha Riza, the White House has shown signs of something other than unquestioned support itself from its former Deputy Secretary of Defense. The New York Times reports that Bush would be willing to have Wolfowitz resign voluntarily if the bank board dropped its drive to declare him unfit to remain in office. Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that the World Bank Board is still deliberating what action to take against Wolfowitz.Gonzales Throws McNulty Under the Bus “During an event this morning at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Attorney General Alberto Gonzales launched an unabashed and shameless finger-pointing campaign at outgoing Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, blaming him for the U.S. attorney scandal. When asked why two inexperienced staffers â Sampson and Monica Goodling â were given prominent roles in the firing process, Gonzales responded, ‘Well again you have to remember at the end of the day, the recommendations reflected the views of the Deputy Attorney General. He signed off on the names and he would know better than anyone else.'” (Think Progress)
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