TODAY SENATOR JOE BIDEN, vice chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a leading Democratic foreign policy voice in that body, voiced strong support for Paul Wolfowitz as President George W. Bush’s choice to head the World Bank.

Biden described Wolfowitz, currently deputy secretary of defense, as a man with an “active and fertile mind” who believes in the work of multilateral institutions. Asked for his reaction to the selection, Biden responded with one word: “Solid.”

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