WASHINGTON-the U.S. Department of State launched Thursday a report that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been in discussions with the White House about the title of the World Bank.
"The story is completely wrong," said Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines in the United Arab Emirates, where Clinton was involved in the international negotiations on Libya.
He said Clinton has no talks with President Barack Obama, the White House "or anyone else about moving to the World Bank." She has expressed absolutely no interest in the job. "You would not take when offered."
Reuters, citing sources familiar with the discussions, said, their discussions involved leave next year the World Bank lead the State Department.
"Hillary Clinton wants the job, said a source, that white well, Reuters reported the Secretary General." A second source also said Reuters Clinton to the position.
The current President of the Bank is Robert Zoellick, whose Begriff ends not up to the year 2012.
The Bank declined comment on Thursday.
But at a press conference Wednesday in Oslo, Norway, Zoellick was asked whether it is true that an American should lead institution.
"I think this is really a decision for the shareholders, and I think there are many talented not Americans and Americans," he said. He added: "I think it's good for the United States, have some responsibility, have some of its nationals in multinational institutions be added."
Clinton has said that they do not want to stay in their profession, if Obama wins a second term in 2012.
The nation's top diplomat has also said, that it neither has plans for a second White House bid still interested in other bodies, such as Vice President or Defense Minister.
"I am doing, what I want to do now and I have no intention or one idea running even again," she told CNN in March. "I'll do the best I can at this point for the next two years."
Clinton's star power and work ethic were Obama judged crucial qualities for her role as the nation top diplomat, considered, although they get not working with extensive foreign policy background.
It has aspects of the job the globe trotting, embraced logging to visit many hours on level trips to the alliances with countries like Japan and the United Kingdom maintain and hotspots such as Afghanistan and countries in the Middle East.
She has since long been vocal on global development issues, in particular the need for economic empowerment of women and girls in the developing countries. The part of its focus on the State made it. Her husband, Bill Clinton, was global initiative also involved in these issues through his philanthropic work in Clinton.
The World Bank provides billions of dollars in funds for the development of the poorest countries and is also in the middle of issues such as climate change, reconstruction the transitions to democracy in Tunisia and Egypt countries emerge from conflict and more recently.
The associated press and Reuters contributed to this report.
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