Paul Wolfowitz

Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is an American academic and political figure. Wolfowitz is a polarizing and controversial figure both within the United States and abroad. He is often seen as a leading proponent of the 2003 Iraq War and architect of the ambitious foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration known as the Bush Doctrine. His views are often characterized as representing a modern American philosophy of neoconservatism. He is currently President of the World Bank.

External links

Official biographies

• Paul Wolfowitz: World Bank President, World Bank biography
• Paul Wolfowitz: Deputy Secretary of Defense Department of Defense biography
• Paul Wolfowitz, White House biography

Unofficial biographies

• The Guardian Profile: Paul Wolfowitz by Suzanne Goldenberg for The Guardian, April 1, 2005
• "Profile: Paul Wolfowitz: Hawk with a lot of loot needs a bit of lady luck" from The Times (London), March 20, 2005
• "Man in the News; The World Is His Stage; Paul Dundes Wolfowitz" profile by Eric Schmitt for The New York Times, March 17, 2005 (requires subscription)
• "Profile: Paul Wolfowitz from BBC News, March 17, 2005
• "The Believer" by Peter J. Boyer, The New Yorker, November 1, 2004
• "Paul Wolfowitz, velociraptor" from The Economist, February 7, 2002
• Paul Wolfowitz at Sourcewatch (extensive list of sources)
• Paul Wolfowitz: Bush's testosterone man at Defense, by David Plotz for The Slate, October 12, 2001
• Bio: Paul Wolfowitz, from MSNBC
• Paul Wolfowitz biography, from The Jewish Virtual Library

Interviews

• "I'm Not a Unilateralist": Paul Wolfowitz wants the world to understand him by Lally Weymouth for Newsweek, April 4, 2005
• DoD's transcript of the phone conversation that served as the basis for Wolfowitz's famous interview with Vanity Fair magazine, March 9, 2003
• Paul Wolfowitz interview by Margaret Warber for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, September 14, 2001

Other reports

• A world better off with Wolfowitz at bank helm by John Hughes in the Christian Science Monitor, May 18, 2005 discusses Wolfowitz's personal character
• "Jakarta Tenure Offers Glimpse of Wolfowitz" Alan Sipress and Ellen Nakashima for The Washington Post, March 28, 2005, on Wolfowitz's tenure as Ambassador to Indonesia
• "Indonesia Rights Groups Decry Wolfowitz" by Slobodan Lekic for the Associated Press, March 22, 2005
• "Will a British divorcee cost 'Wolfie' his job?" Sharon Churcher and Annette Witheridge for The Daily Mail, March 20, 2005, about reaction to Wolfowitz's nomination to head the World Bank
• "Bush nominates Wolfowitz for World Bank" Suzanne Goldenberg for The Guardian, March 17, 2005
• "The World Bank Nominee; Bush Makes His Mark" Todd S. Purdum for The New York Times, March 17, 2005 (requires registration)
• "Giving Wolfowitz His Due" David Brooks op-ed in The New York Times, March 8, 2005 (requires registration)
• Challenges for Wolfowitz and the World Bank, Center for Global Development
• "The War Behind Closed Doors" Public Broadcasting Service's Frontline, February 20, 2003
• Paul Wolfowitz's political donations at Newsmeat

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