Paul Wolfowitz
Former President of the World Bank Paul Wolfowitz, who served former US President George W. Bush as the Deputy Secretary of Defense, waits for an interview before a celebration at the George W. Bush Library and Museum on the grounds of Southern Methodist University April 25, 2013 in Dallas, Texas. The Bush library which was dedicated earlier in the day will open to the public in May and is dedicated to the legacy of United State's 43rd President, George W. Bush.
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I’m not angry at George Bush because he seems like a relatively good guy ... I think he was manipulated by Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz, and from what I hear he is divorced from them.
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