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White House Press Briefing by Dana Perino 4/13/07 (Wolfowitz)
— Friday, April 13, 2007 — Les. Q Thank you very much, Dana. If I could follow up this question. Page one of this morning's New York Times reports that Mr. Wolfowitz's tenure as President of the World Bank was, "thrown into turmoil by disclosure that he helped arrange a pay raise for his companion, Shaha Riza, for which he was greeted with, 'booing, cat calls, and cries for his resignation by staff members.'" And I have two questions. Does the President believe it was right or wrong for Mr. Wolfowitz to do this for what the Times terms "his companion"? MS. PERINO: As I said, the President apologized for the matter. He's taken full responsibility for it. I'm sorry, Paul Wolfowitz apologized for the matter, and has talked to his board about it, and there's a review underway. Q What definition of this word, "companion," can the public conclude, other than mistress? Does the President believe that people he nominated to such posts -- MS. PERINO: I'm not going to go there, Les -- not going to do it. Q -- a mistress, rather than getting married? MS. PERINO: Not going to do it. Thanks for trying to push the envelope, but not going to do it. Q You'd like to run away from that? MS. PERINO: Kelly, go ahead.
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