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Rumsfeld Appointment Riles School

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 22, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO - Thousands of Stanford University students, faculty and alumni are protesting the conservative Hoover Institution's decision to appoint former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as a visiting fellow.

The Stanford-based Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace said this month that Rumsfeld, who served as President Bush's defense secretary for almost six years, would join a task force that will focus on issues related to 'ideology and terror' in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.

An online petition contesting the appointment on the grounds that Rumsfeld clashed with the university's core values had more than 2,500 signatures Friday.

'He contradicts the fundamental standards of the university, which are order, morality, personal honor and most importantly, the rights of others,' said Pamela Lee, a Stanford art history professor who helped write the petition. 'This person has played a critical role in a disastrously failed military policy. He has aggressively abused international law.'

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