BUSH TAPS ROBERT ZOELLICK FOR WORLD BANK IN WASHINGTON
Robert Zoellick speaks after U.S. President George W. Bush announced Zoellick as his choice to be the next World Bank President from the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 30, 2007. Zoellick is a former Deputy Secretary of State and U.S. Trade Representative. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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