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Obama nominates Dartmouth College's Jim Yong Kim as World Bank head

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U.S. President Barack Obama, right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on March 23, 2012. UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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      U.S. President Barack Obama, right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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      Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, is introduced by U.S. President Barack Obama, not pictured, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on March 23, 2012. Kim was born in Seoul and is a U.S. citizen. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank. The bank made $57 billion in loans the last fiscal year.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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      Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College and nominee to become president of the World Bank, walks away with Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, after President Barack Obama spoke in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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      Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College and nominee to become president of the World Bank, walks away with Timothy Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, right, and Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, left, after U.S. President Barack Obama spoke in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank.           UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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      U.S. President Barack Obama, left, walks out of the Oval Office with Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College and nominee to become president of the World Bank, center, Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, and Timothy Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, to make a speech in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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      U.S. President Barack Obama, center, walks out of the Oval Office with Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College and nominee to become president of the World Bank, left, Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, and Timothy Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, to make a speech in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.         UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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      U.S. President Barack Obama, center right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, center left, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank with Timothy Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, and Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state,in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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      U.S. President Barack Obama, right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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      U.S. President Barack Obama, right, walks out of the Oval Office with Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College and nominee to become president of the World Bank, to make a speech in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 23, 2012.. Kim was born in Seoul and is a U.S. citizen. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank. The bank made $57 billion in loans the last fiscal year.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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      U.S. President Barack Obama, right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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      U.S. President Barack Obama talks about the shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin as he introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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      Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, listens as he is introduced by U.S. President Barack Obama as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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      U.S. President Barack Obama, right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012. Kim was born in Seoul and is a U.S. citizen. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank. The bank made $57 billion in loans the last fiscal year.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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      Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, listens as he is introduced by U.S. President Barack Obama as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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      U.S. President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College and nominee to become president of the World Bank, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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      U.S. President Barack Obama, right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012. Kim was born in Seoul and is a U.S. citizen. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank. The bank made $57 billion in loans the last fiscal year.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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      Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, is introduced by U.S. President Barack Obama, not pictured, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on March 23, 2012. Kim was born in Seoul and is a U.S. citizen. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank. The bank made $57 billion in loans the last fiscal year.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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      U.S. President Barack Obama, right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012. Kim was born in Seoul and is a U.S. citizen. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank. The bank made $57 billion in loans the last fiscal year.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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  • U.S. President Barack Obama, right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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  • U.S. President Barack Obama, left, walks out of the Oval Office with Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College and nominee to become president of the World Bank, center, Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, and Timothy Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, to make a speech in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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  • Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, listens as he is introduced by U.S. President Barack Obama as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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  • U.S. President Barack Obama, right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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  • Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, listens as he is introduced by U.S. President Barack Obama as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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  • U.S. President Barack Obama, center right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, center left, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank with Timothy Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, and Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state,in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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  • Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College and nominee to become president of the World Bank, walks away with Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, after President Barack Obama spoke in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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  • U.S. President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College and nominee to become president of the World Bank, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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  • U.S. President Barack Obama, right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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  • U.S. President Barack Obama talks about the shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin as he introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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  • U.S. President Barack Obama, center, walks out of the Oval Office with Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College and nominee to become president of the World Bank, left, Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, and Timothy Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, to make a speech in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.         UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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  • U.S. President Barack Obama, right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012. Kim was born in Seoul and is a U.S. citizen. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank. The bank made $57 billion in loans the last fiscal year.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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  • Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, is introduced by U.S. President Barack Obama, not pictured, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on March 23, 2012. Kim was born in Seoul and is a U.S. citizen. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank. The bank made $57 billion in loans the last fiscal year.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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  • Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College and nominee to become president of the World Bank, walks away with Timothy Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, right, and Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, left, after U.S. President Barack Obama spoke in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank.           UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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  • U.S. President Barack Obama, right, walks out of the Oval Office with Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College and nominee to become president of the World Bank, to make a speech in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 23, 2012.. Kim was born in Seoul and is a U.S. citizen. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank. The bank made $57 billion in loans the last fiscal year.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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  • Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, is introduced by U.S. President Barack Obama, not pictured, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on March 23, 2012. Kim was born in Seoul and is a U.S. citizen. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank. The bank made $57 billion in loans the last fiscal year.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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  • U.S. President Barack Obama, right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012. Kim was born in Seoul and is a U.S. citizen. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank. The bank made $57 billion in loans the last fiscal year.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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  • U.S. President Barack Obama, right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012. Kim was born in Seoul and is a U.S. citizen. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank. The bank made $57 billion in loans the last fiscal year.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/Pool

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U.S. President Barack Obama, left, walks out of the Oval Office with Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College and nominee to become president of the World Bank, center, Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, and Timothy Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, to make a speech in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/PoolJim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, listens as he is introduced by U.S. President Barack Obama as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/PoolU.S. President Barack Obama, right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/PoolJim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, listens as he is introduced by U.S. President Barack Obama as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/PoolU.S. President Barack Obama, center right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, center left, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank with Timothy Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, and Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state,in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/PoolJim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College and nominee to become president of the World Bank, walks away with Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, after President Barack Obama spoke in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/PoolU.S. President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College and nominee to become president of the World Bank, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/PoolU.S. President Barack Obama, right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/PoolU.S. President Barack Obama talks about the shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin as he introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/PoolU.S. President Barack Obama, center, walks out of the Oval Office with Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College and nominee to become president of the World Bank, left, Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, and Timothy Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, to make a speech in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012.         UPI/Andrew Harrer/PoolU.S. President Barack Obama, right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012. Kim was born in Seoul and is a U.S. citizen. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank. The bank made $57 billion in loans the last fiscal year.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/PoolJim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, is introduced by U.S. President Barack Obama, not pictured, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on March 23, 2012. Kim was born in Seoul and is a U.S. citizen. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank. The bank made $57 billion in loans the last fiscal year.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/PoolJim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College and nominee to become president of the World Bank, walks away with Timothy Geithner, U.S. treasury secretary, right, and Hillary Clinton, U.S. secretary of state, left, after U.S. President Barack Obama spoke in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank.           UPI/Andrew Harrer/PoolU.S. President Barack Obama, right, walks out of the Oval Office with Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College and nominee to become president of the World Bank, to make a speech in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 23, 2012.. Kim was born in Seoul and is a U.S. citizen. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank. The bank made $57 billion in loans the last fiscal year.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/PoolJim Yong Kim, President of Dartmouth College, is introduced by U.S. President Barack Obama, not pictured, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on March 23, 2012. Kim was born in Seoul and is a U.S. citizen. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank. The bank made $57 billion in loans the last fiscal year.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/PoolU.S. President Barack Obama, right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012. Kim was born in Seoul and is a U.S. citizen. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank. The bank made $57 billion in loans the last fiscal year.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/PoolU.S. President Barack Obama, right, introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on  March 23, 2012. Kim was born in Seoul and is a U.S. citizen. He would succeed Robert Zoellick as the head of the bank. The bank made $57 billion in loans the last fiscal year.        UPI/Andrew Harrer/PoolU.S. President Barack Obama departs The White House in Washington, DC for a trip to Seoul, Republic of Korea, March 23, 2012.     UPI/Chris Kleponis/PoolU.S. President Barack Obama departs The White House in Washington, DC for a trip to Seoul, Republic of Korea, March 23, 2012.     UPI/Chris Kleponis/PoolU.S. President Barack Obama departs The White House in Washington, DC for a trip to Seoul, Republic of Korea, March 23, 2012.     UPI/Chris Kleponis/Pool