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Thursday, April 19, 2007 12:00 AM

Wolfowitz's girlfriend problem

Not only did the World Bank president find his companion Shaha Ali Riza a cushy job in the State Department, but she received a security clearance -- unprecedented for a foreign national.
By Sidney Blumenthal

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  • Thursday, April 19, 2007 05:10 AM

    Getting her another job is one thing.

    Geting her a job at a higher salary than the Secretary of State, with a black-market security clearance, is quite another.

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