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July 8, 2010, 11:58 PM ET
Colombian Journalist Is Denied a Visa to Attend a Harvard Fellowship
The U.S. State Department has denied a visa to a Colombian journalist to attend a fellowship at Harvard University, the Associated Press reported. The journalist, Hollman Morris, has criticized ties between illegal far-right militias and allies of Colombia's departing president, Álvaro Uribe, who has been a key ally of the United States. Bob Giles, curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, said he was surprised by the decision to exclude Mr. Morris and had written the State Department to ask it to reconsider. U.S. Embassy and State Department officials declined to confirm the visa denial, citing privacy laws.
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1. rickinchina09 - July 09, 2010 at 05:27 am
Gosh darn it, when is the Bush Administration going to stop censoring visiting Leftists. What? He's no longer in office? Never mind. -Roseanne Rosannadanna
2. honore - July 09, 2010 at 09:27 am
Now..... if only the U.S. State Department could deny the 30MILLION illegals entry into the U.S. we just might believe they are actually doing something in DC.
Oooops, but then who would enter the Miss Drag Queen Guatemala competition in that Dupont Circle cafe?
And I won't even speculate on who would mow our lawns, skim our pools and wipe our Korean adoptees' butts.
Ahhhh, yes, America, you just got love the hypocrisy.
3. 11159995 - July 09, 2010 at 09:39 am
Is the Obama Administration continuing the policy of "ideological exclusion" that was a hallmark of the Bush Administration? One would think that a former college professor like Obama would be more enlightened in this respect.---Sandy Thatcher
4. honore - July 09, 2010 at 09:56 am
...and thank God he is the "education" president...oooops, except when a foreigner hasn't been captured on tape face-licking indefensible U.S. policy abroad...next!
5. performance_expert2 - July 09, 2010 at 12:28 pm
"Yes we can."
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