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...nuclear weapons, or his country’s terrorist attacks on India. Four years later, another president was due to visit the Kennedy School, this time the twice-elected former president of Iran, Khatami. Unlike Musharraf, Khatami endured attack and abuse from the outset.First, Massachusetts Governor W. Mitt Romney, said he would not allow state resources to be used to protect the former president. Romney, although providing no evidence, cited Khatami’s role in terrorism and his human rights record as justification for the decision, telling The Boston Globe that “there are people in this...
...following Tuesday, Romney kicked off a high-profile offensive against the University’s invitation of Mohammad Khatami to speak on the eve of the 9/11 anniversary. He denied state security for Iran’s former leader and called the invitation “a disgrace to the memory of all Americans who have lost their lives at the hands of extremists...
...late-summer attacks by the Harvard Business School graduate touched off a new round of speculation that Romney was burnishing his conservative credentials ahead of a possible run for president in 2008. But they also underscored what has long been a marquee role for Harvard on the national scene—a premier punching bag for politicians of all persuasions...
...Romney got six minutes with John Gibson on Fox News after announcing he would ban the use of state resources to protect Khatami on his visit to Boston. “A terrorist is a terrorist,” Romney sternly told Gibson...
Brian McGrory, a Boston Globe columnist who supported Romney’s run for governor but often criticizes him in print, says Romney is trying to shed the liberalism and elitism tied to his state and alma mater as he eyes the presidency...