political2007• Columbia University, New York

Address at Columbia University

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's appearance at Columbia, preceded by an unusually combative introduction from Columbia President Lee Bollinger, became one of the most-discussed foreign-leader appearances on a US campus in a generation.

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Speaker: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Year: 2007
Category: political

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