and i also want to take a minute to thank bob zoellick once again for all of his hard work. over the last five years, bob has made the bank more transparent, he has helped shore up progress made in places like afghanistan, he has raised billions of dollars to help some of the world's poorest communities. jim is the right person to carry on that legacy. and i know his unique set of skills and years of experience will serve him well. so i'm grateful to him for his willingness to serve. i do not think that the world bank could have a better leader. so thank you. >> thank you. thank you, sir. >> you're going to do great. thank you. >> mr. president, may i ask you about this current case in florida, very controversial allegations of listenering racism within our society of the so-called stand your ground law and the justice in that. can you comment on the travon martin case, sir? >> well, i'm the head of the executive branch. and the attorney general reports to me. so i've got to be careful about my statements to make sure that we're not impairing any investigation that's taking

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how would you maintain a positive track record of bob zoellick and his communications with washington>> hoped to get this started when i had the world adopted millennium development goals very targeted, measurable. you know what's going on. that's why things like malaria control really work. that's why help for small fa farmers very targeted. you can measure what's happening. you can see the outcomes. that's why things like community health workers that are very effective ways to move forward and i agree with you the bank still is a bit of a sprawl. and it doesn't have all that much money. it's called a world bank. it sounds is grandiose but it's net disbursements are $16 billion a year which in the scheme of things is pretty modest for a whole world economy of poor countries. so in this sense you have to be very, very clear, resolute, and you have to make priorities. and that's basically what i've been saying for a decade and it works when you do that. >> is it a lot more complicated? we've had robert zoellick on the program to talk about it. it's a tougher prospect to get the rich n

i also want to take a minute to thank bob zoellick for all his hard work. are the last five years, he has made the bank more transparent, helped shore of progress in places like afghanistan, raised billions of dollars to help some of the world's poorest communities. jim is the right person to carry on that legacy. i know his unique set of skills and experience will serve him well. i am grateful for his willingness to serve. i do not think the world bank could have a better leader. thank you. >> thank you. thank you. >> [unintelligible] allegations of lingering racism of the so-called stand your ground law? can you comment on the trayvon martin case? >> i am the head of the executive branch. the attorney general reports to me, so i have to be careful about my statements to make sure we are night in pairing in the investigation taking place right now. -- we are not competing in the investigation taking place right now. obviously, this is a tragedy. i can only imagine what these parents are going through. and when i think about this boy, i think about my own k