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it is baffling that the federalgovernment has chosen to target a Christian university that is addressing those issues in very positive ways," the university said in a statement. The Arizona-based university denied what it said were "unsubstantiated allegations" and said it would take all measures necessary to refute them.
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which provided him exposure to policy networking with individuals in the federalgovernment. Upon completion of his doctorate, Reid says he hopes to work in policy research and advocacy either with a nonprofit organization or in government. He will look at the history of segregation, how it developed and what it has meant.
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However, she had worked at high levels of the federalgovernment, as a former director of the White House Office of Management and Budget and the former U.S. Burwell has announced that she will step down as president of American University at the end of the upcoming academic year.
However, she had worked at high levels of the federalgovernment, as a former director of the White House Office of Management and Budget and the former U.S. Burwell has announced that she will step down as president of American University at the end of the upcoming academic year.
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which provided him exposure to policy networking with individuals in the federalgovernment. Upon completion of his doctorate, Reid says he hopes to work in policy research and advocacy either with a nonprofit organization or in government. He will look at the history of segregation, how it developed and what it has meant.
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