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[rekoil]

World Bank Board Negotiating Resignation of WolfowitzI realize things are different when you're the head of a multinational organization, but I really fail to understand how a resignation can be "negotiated". Whatever happened to "you can tell people you quit, or we'll tell people you were fired

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[oontzgrrl]

I think it's more like the world works differently for the rich. Lousy rich people.

[cheetahmaster]

"Seeking to break the logjam, the Bush administration pressed a compromise: The board could issue a statement that Wolfowitz had erred in handling the raise for his longtime companion, Shaha Riza, but apportion some of the blame to a bank committee that Wolfowitz believes gave him murky ethics advice."
-WashingtonPost.com

So, basically, he wants to leave without it seeming like he's getting kicked out.

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[professorbooty]

They're haggling over the lining on his golden parachute.  As far as the people directly involved are concerned, his only crime was getting caught.