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Commentary: Hand Gonzales, Wolfowitz Pink Slips

April 23, 2007, 1 day, 1 hour and 5 minutes ago.

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Margaret Carlson - Guest Columnist - Seattle Post-IntelligencerIn the
real world, it takes about a week for someone who has disgraced
himself like radio talk-show host Don Imus to lose his job. In
Washington, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz and Attorney General
Alberto Gonzales hang on to their jobs for what seems like forever.
Wolfowitz was caught dissembling about how his girlfriend, World Bank
employee Shaha Riza, got a raise that was double the size allowed and
a guarantee of glowing reviews when she moved from the bank to the
State Department to avoid cronyism charges. His legal team was
unwilling to bend the rules, so he took it upon himself to dictate the
terms. Petty corruption is never good but is particularly bad for
Wolfowitz, who has made ending corruption in foreign countries his
signature mission. Of course, nailing Wolfowitz for that is a little
like getting Al Capone for tax evasion. Yet it's better than letting
the architect of the war in Iraq and peddler of all its false
pretenses get off scot-free and with a plum job to boot. After all,
the Medal of Freedom was awarded to others incriminated in the Iraq
debacle.