Awarding Failure

Paul Wolfowitz is back. As one of the chief architects of the Iraq war, Wolfowitz left the Administration in disgrace. He moved on to run the World Bank, where he was also a disgrace. His time there was marked chiefly by his run-ins with their ethics board over his continuing efforts to get his girlfriend a high-paid job for which she had no qualifications (and what is it with Republicans and their girlfriends). So he fails miserably at two high-profile jobs, which makes him a perfect candidate to serve once again in the Bush Administration:

Don't ever say the Bush administration doesn't take care of its own. Nearly three years after Paul Wolfowitz resigned as deputy Defense secretary and six months after his stormy departure as president of the World Bank—amid allegations that he improperly awarded a raise to his girlfriend—he's in line to return to public service. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has offered Wolfowitz, a prime architect of the Iraq War, a position as chairman of the International Security Advisory Board, a prestigious State Department panel, according to two department sources who declined to be identified discussing personnel matters. The 18-member panel, which has access to highly classified intelligence, advises Rice on disarmament, nuclear proliferation, WMD issues and other matters. "We think he is well suited and will do an excellent job," said one senior official.