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On the recordSeptember 23, 2007
Think of the irony. Columbia University, home of the core curriculum that prizes an in-depth understanding of Western civilization and the free exchange of ideas, is bringing to its campus a state sponsor of terror.
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Mitch McConnell
Republican · Kentucky

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Mitch McConnell expressed concern over Columbia University inviting Ahmadinejad to speak.

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