WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama
o n F riday nominated Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim, a
public health expert of South Korean origin, to head the World
Bank.
“I do not think that the World Bank could have a better
leader,” Obama said as he made the announcement with Kim at his
side in the White House rose garden.
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