PALO ALTO, Calif., (UPI)
Some faculty and students at Stanford University say they are
outraged by the fellowship appointment of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
Rumsfeld, who resigned last year amid intense criticism of his handling of the Iraq
war, has been given a one-year fellowship at the Hoover Institution at Stanford,
the San Francisco Chronicle reported Sunday.
"I'm appalled," said Stanford history Professor Barton Bernstein. "He is a profoundly
immoral man."
The Hoover Institution's director, John Raisan, defended Rumsfeld as a man of "immense
experience" who has much to contribute. While at Stanford, Rumsfeld will examine
national security and world peace in the post-Sept. 11 era, Raisian said.
Rumsfeld could be joined by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who has said she
will return to Stanford to teach in 2008. Rice served as provost at Stanford for
six years.
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