Paul Wolfowitz

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Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is an American political scientist and diplomat who served as the 10th President of the World Bank, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, and dean of the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. Having proposed a plan to invade Iraq in 2001, Wolfowitz was an early advocate of the Iraq War and has widely been described as an "architect" of the war. Wolfowitz later disputed that description, arguing that the invasion and subsequent occupation had not been conducted according to his preferred approach. He also acknowledged significant mistakes in the handling of postwar Iraq, including the failure to anticipate an insurgency. He is a leading neoconservative. Wolfowitz served as president of the World Bank from June 2005 to June 2007, during which he emphasized economic development in Africa, debt relief, and efforts to combat corruption. His presidency ended following a controversy...

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