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Columbia University in the City of New York:
President Lee C. Bollinger's Introductory Remarks at SIPA-World Leaders Forum with President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — I would like to begin by thanking Dean John Coatsworth and Professor Richard Bulliet for their work in organizing this event and for their commitment to the role …
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Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Playing Democrat At Columbia — The novelty of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's appearance yesterday at Columbia University did not, as many critics would have it, lie in the fact that an august Ivy League institution had invited the Iranian president — a Holocaust-denier, authoritarian leader and sponsor of terrorism — to speak on its campus.
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irna.ir:IRI President addresses students at Colombia University
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Matt / Think Progress:Hunter: I Will Try To 'Cut Off Funds To Columbia University …
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Rasmussen Reports:
23% Approve of MoveOn.org Petraeus Ad, 58% Disapprove — Twenty-three percent (23%) of Americans approve of an ad run in the New York Times "that referred to General Petraeus as General Betray Us." A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 58% disapproved.
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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
The Ugly Side of the G.O.P. — I applaud the thousands of people, many of them poor, who traveled from around the country to protest in Jena, La., last week. But what I'd really like to see is a million angry protesters marching on the headquarters of the National Republican Party in Washington.
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Juan Williams / Washington Post:
A Little Rock Reminder — Nine Pioneers Showed Why School Integration Matters — Fifty years ago this week, President Dwight Eisenhower risked igniting the second U.S. civil war by sending 1,000 American soldiers into a Southern city. The troops, with bayonets at the end of their rifles …
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Associated Press:
Giuliani party seeks $9.11 per person — WASHINGTON - A supporter of Rudy Giuliani's is throwing a party that aims to raise $9.11 per person for the Republican's presidential campaign. — Abraham Sofaer is having a fundraiser at his Palo Alto, Calif., home on Wednesday …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Center Holds — In the beginning of August, liberal bloggers met at the YearlyKos convention while centrist Democrats met at the Democratic Leadership Council's National Conversation. Almost every Democratic presidential candidate attended YearlyKos, and none visited the D.L.C.
Opinion Journal:
Other People's Politics — In defense of the New York Times. — Two bastions of liberalism are discovering the nasty side of campaign finance reform now that it has landed in their own backyards. — On Sunday, a spokeswoman for the New York Times admitted it had "made a mistake" …
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Shuster to Rep. Blackburn: "When was the last time a New York Times ad ever killed somebody?" — Tucker substitute host David Shuster confronts Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) about the blatant hypocrisy of the Republican party when he asks about Rush Limbaugh's Senator Betrayus smear …
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Priorities — Subscribe to Jesus' General for $5/mo. — Communications — Recent Comments — Battle 2008 — Frenchmen hijacked my sidebar — Probably French — The General monitors these enemy dispatches daily. — The Frenchmen of the Northwest Forests — 43rd State Blues
Dan Noyes / KGO-TV:
Marines Denied Permission To Film Commercial — On The Streets Of San Francisco — New York said "yes," but we said "no." Why were the U.S. Marines denied permission to film a recruiting commercial on the streets of San Francisco? — San Francisco is, once again, the center of a controversy …
William Glaberson / New York Times:
Court Advances Military Trials for Detainees — A special military appeals court, overturning a lower court ruling, on Monday removed a legal hurdle that has derailed war crime trials for detainees at Guantanámo Bay, Cuba. — The ruling allows military prosecutors to address …
ABCNEWS:
Clinton Camp Raises Q3 Money Expectations for Rival — Clinton Camp Puts Own Q3 Haul at $17-20 Million; Predicts Obama's Over $30 Million — In the last week before the third quarter fundraising totals are due, the presidential campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. …
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Tom Hester Jr / Associated Press:
Poll: Democrats sit strong with voters despite corruption — TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey voters link government corruption more with Democrats, but they're not necessarily planning to vote Republican, a poll released Tuesday found. — And they're unsure whether they want a top corruption-buster …
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