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Kirk Weighs In on IMF Head Controversy
(IRN)-U.S. Senator Mark S. Kirk (R-Ill.) says Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, must go.

Kirk said on the Senate floor that Strauss-Kahn must be replaced in light of charges that he sexually assaulted a maid in his New York hotel suite.

"Mr. Strauss-Kahn has forfeited our confidence and should resign or be fired at the IMF," Kirk said.

The Times, a British newspaper, reported that Strauss-Kahn's reputation in France for pursuing women aggressively was such that French President Nicolas Sarkozy personally warned him to control himself when he departed for the United States to head the IMF.

Kirk used his floor speech to criticize the IMF's handling of the European debt crisis, arguing that American taxpayers should not be contributing to bailouts in Greece, Ireland and Portugal.

"The institution's role in the global financial system requires strong leadership," Kirk said, adding that the IMF deputy managing director should take over.

Kirk said he encouraged U.S. officials to strongly press for Strauss-Kahn's removal.

Strauss-Kahn has pleaded not guilty and his lawyers have said he will argue that the sex was consensual.

(Source: Illinois Radio Network)
05 19 11 by Newsroom
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