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WASHINGTON (AP) - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is taking "full responsibility" for helping a close woman friend get transferred to a high-paying job.
Wolfowitz's comments — contained in an e-mail message Monday to the bank's employees — were aimed at defusing outrage and accusations of favoritism from the bank's staff association.
The case involves the transfer of a bank employee, Shaha Riza, who has been romantically linked to Wolfowitz. She was given an outside assignment to the State Department in September 2005, shortly after Wolfowitz became bank president.
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