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Obama calls son of WB chief on Father’s Day

By Korea Herald

Published : June 18, 2012 - 20:07

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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 at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 23. (Bloomberg) U.S. President Barack Obama (right) introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 23. (Bloomberg)
U.S. President Barack Obama personally called the older son of Jim Yong Kim, who will lead the World Bank next month, to apologize to him for making his family move from Massachusetts to Washington D.C. for his father’s work, news reports said.

On Father’s Day on Sunday, Obama called Kim’s son and said, “Thank you. I owe you,” according to Yonhap News.

Obama learned in a recent interview article that the 12-year-old son of the president of Dartmouth College was disappointed about moving to Washington D.C. because of his father’s new post, news reports said.

Succeeding Robert Zoellick, Kim will serve as president of the World Bank from July 1 for the next five years.

(yoonmi@heraldcorp.com)

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