Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz is facing increasing calls to step down as head of the World Bank. The European Parliament has approved a measure calling on Wolfowitz to resign. Wolfowitz has been at the center of controversy after it was exposed he ordered a major pay increase and promotion for his longtime companion, Shaha Riza. The World Bank’s independent oversight agency and a group of 42 former World Bank executives have also urged Wolfowitz to step down.