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Ahmadinejad at Columbia Roundup
One of the top stories in the nation today is the speech that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad just finished giving at Columbia University. on the speech from FOXNews.com, and video of the speech is available on the front page. The Columbia Spectator the event. Yesterday, on the debate over 鈥渆xtremist speakers鈥 at colleges, quoting FIREco-founder Harvey Silverglate. Finally, here on The Torch, 果冻传媒app官方鈥檚 own Sean Clark covered the contrast between Columbia鈥檚 invitation to Ahmadinejad and its disinvitation of Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist. We鈥檒l also be following the fallout from Ahmadinejad鈥檚 visit in the coming days.
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