Asked what would qualify him to resolve the conflict in the Middle East, Gore rattled off an impressive string of accomplishments and experience -- from volunteering to serve in Vietnam to helping hammer together the most recent Middle East peace summit.
The president said after that meeting that world leaders meeting at the G-20 summit "cannot afford half-measures" as they try to hammer out ways to address the global financial crisis.
Doyle penned his missive on June 18 just as senior IMF representatives, including its first female Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, were trying to hammer out a new set of emergency measures with key eurozone heads of government at the Group of 20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico.