Looking at some of the material on Wolfie's Rizagate

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makes one come to the astounding conclusion that the girl friend was indeed a kept woman.

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"although the Ethics Committee of the Board directed Wolfowitz to detail Riza to a post outside the Bank and beyond his supervision, in fact, he apparently never actually did this".

Nor could she have been so seconded.

"State Department sources have informed GAP that a secondment refers to a U.S. Government (USG) – International Organization arrangement (U.N., Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe). A secondment is usually paid by the sending host government. It constitutes, in effect, a budget contribution from the sending government.

This is why Riza could not be seconded – her work would be a budget contribution from an international organization to the Department of State. The USG can second someone to the World Bank and the cost of doing so is attributed to the USG contribution to the Bank. However, U.S. appropriations law does not permit an international organization like the World Bank to make an operating contribution to the budget of the Department of State.

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http://www.worldbankpresident.org/archives/000543.php

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The Bank could have granted how many micro loans to people in need for the absurd salary that Wolfie managed to arrange for his girl friend to collect for doing little other than be his sounding board.