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James T. Callahan: we have done every conceivable thing we can do to ensure that we do not permit any educational process that would lend…

On the recordSeptember 3, 1997
we have done every conceivable thing we can do to ensure that we do not permit any educational process that would lend to the availability of people going back to their country and creating any human rights violation. Certainly, God forbid, even the University of Alabama, one of the greatest educational institutions in the world, has graduated some people, probably far below the national standard when we consider Alabama and California, but nevertheless, we, too, have probably graduated some people who have gone on to perform some heinous acts, but we do not close down the university. Some of our educational institutions that we revere, such as our academies, have had some problems. When they had their problems, did we say, close down the institution? No, we said, correct the problems. That is precisely what the President of the United States has done. That is precisely what the professionals in Georgia have done. They have corrected it. They are not teaching these subjects that these people are referring to. We are doing it in a positive manner. I know we have not resolved all the wars on poverty, all of the wars on crime, all of the wars on narcotics, but we are moving in the right direction, because we are bringing these people to America, we are teaching them the value of human rights, of civil rights, of free elections.
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James T. Callahan
Oklahoma

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Discussing educational institutions and their role in promoting human rights.

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