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Powell Visits, Says Visa Requirements Too Strict
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| 04-08-2006
| AP
Posted on 04/08/2006 3:59:51 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
(AP) CHICAGO Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United States made visa requirements too strict for foreign students following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Powell spoke today at the National School Boards Association convention in Chicago. He says many of the world's brightest international students enrolled at foreign universities after deciding it would be too difficult to get a visa here.
Powell says college presidents told him they couldn't afford to lose foreign students, who often pay higher tuition and take up little financial aid.
Visa requirements got tougher after it was discovered one of the Sept. 11 hijackers entered the country on a student visa. International applications declined sharply after the State Department imposed the new rules.
Powell says the restrictions are loosening, but still have a way to go.
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Didn't the 9-11 Hijackers have Student Visa?
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posted on
04/08/2006 4:02:51 PM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Powell says college presidents told him they couldn't afford to lose foreign students, who often pay higher tuition and take up little financial aid. To hell with security, it's all about the bucks.
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posted on
04/08/2006 4:04:02 PM PDT
by
Looking4Truth
(Radical Muslims and Illegal immigrants: Too stupid to create so they invade or destroy.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Scratch another Republican off my vote list. List getting smaller and smaller.
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posted on
04/08/2006 4:05:45 PM PDT
by
swampfox98
(I voted for George Bush and got Vicente Fox. Phooey!)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
"Powell says the restrictions are loosening, but still have a way to go."
Well Colin, they're obviously loose enough when we have an ex-spokesman for the Taliban going to Yale.
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posted on
04/08/2006 4:06:09 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
To: swampfox98
Yeah, like you were ever seriously planning to vote for Colin Powell. C'mon.
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posted on
04/08/2006 4:06:52 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
I beg your pardon, rude. You don't know a thing about me, so bug off, and take the RINO train to nowhere.
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posted on
04/08/2006 4:10:15 PM PDT
by
swampfox98
(I voted for George Bush and got Vicente Fox. Phooey!)
To: swampfox98
Moreover, anyone who presumes to use the term RINO, and implies that they would seriously consider Colin Powell, is blowing smoke.
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posted on
04/08/2006 4:12:03 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
You're joking right? Powell couldn't win a spot on some town's water board. He's that inept.
To: Looking4Truth
it's all about the bucks."
It's always been about the bucks.
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posted on
04/08/2006 4:14:24 PM PDT
by
philetus
(Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get.)
To: 1rudeboy
I like Colin Powell - but don't trust him much. So put that in your crack pipe and do same.
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posted on
04/08/2006 4:14:46 PM PDT
by
swampfox98
(I voted for George Bush and got Vicente Fox. Phooey!)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Looks like some folks waited until now to find out.
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posted on
04/08/2006 4:15:49 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Whine whine whine. Wonder whose paying him now?
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posted on
04/08/2006 4:21:10 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(AMERICA WOULD NOT BE THE LAND OF THE FREE IF IT WERE NOT ALSO THE HOME OF THE BRAVE)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
How tough could the visa requirements be? The Taliban's foreign minister now attends Yale.
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posted on
04/08/2006 4:31:57 PM PDT
by
Stillwillin
(If you rob Peter to pay Paul, you can always count on Paul's support. - GBS)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United States made visa requirements too strict for foreign students following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Don't let them rent SUVs.
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posted on
04/08/2006 4:59:49 PM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(In the Land of the Blind the one-eyed man is king.)
To: OldFriend
Hey...Colin doesn't need to worry...
The Immigration Bill that McCain, Graham, Frist and the dems want to pass gives ILLEGALS in-state tuition to our universities...
What more can he want?
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posted on
04/08/2006 5:01:13 PM PDT
by
Txsleuth
(~~~~~~FREEPATHON TIME~~~~~~)
To: Txsleuth
If I'm not mistaken Powell was recently in Saudia Arabia lamenting how difficult it is for foreign students to get visas to attend college here.
As far as I am concered, ONE TALIBAN is enough!!!
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posted on
04/08/2006 5:25:43 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(AMERICA WOULD NOT BE THE LAND OF THE FREE IF IT WERE NOT ALSO THE HOME OF THE BRAVE)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Well, tough ti**y said the Dean when the the visas ran dry.
Maybe it will open up some reasonably priced slots for "indigenous" applicants...
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posted on
04/08/2006 5:35:28 PM PDT
by
Gunny P
(Gunny P)
To: OldFriend
I just can't believe that Powell would be complaining about this, KNOWING about the Yale Taliban student??
Why would he possibly think that the American people would be sympathetic to his views??
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posted on
04/08/2006 5:44:29 PM PDT
by
Txsleuth
(~~~~~~FREEPATHON TIME~~~~~~)
To: Txsleuth
Frankly, I believe Powell thinks he's a man of the world rather than an American.
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posted on
04/08/2006 5:48:23 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(AMERICA WOULD NOT BE THE LAND OF THE FREE IF IT WERE NOT ALSO THE HOME OF THE BRAVE)
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