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 WASHINGTON (AP) - A top adviser to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is leaving the institution, citing the continuing controversy surrounding Wolfowitz' handling of a pay package for his girlfriend.
"Given the current environment surrounding the leadership of the World Bank Group, it is very difficult to be effective in helping to advance the mission of the institution. Therefore, I have decided to leave for other opportunities," Kevin Kellems told The Associated Press on Monday.
Wolfowitz had tapped Kellems, who came from the White House and worked with him previously at the Defense Department, to become his adviser at the poverty-fighting institution. Kellems' arrival in June 2005 eventually touched off criticism among staff that Wolfowitz was sealing himself off with a small cadre of trusted advisers.
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