US nixes visas for Gaza Fulbrighters
The United States has revoked the visas of three Palestinian Fulbright scholars whose cases were taken up personally by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after Israel refused to let them leave Gaza for interviews, US officials said Monday.
One official said Rice, who had been outspoken about the negative signal the original cancellations sent to Palestinians and the broader Arab world, had ordered a top-to-bottom review of the entire Fulbright scholarship vetting process in the wake of the cancellations.
I guess the first line of this vetting process should read:
“1. Visa for flying school students - might be a problem. check with the department’s Muslim outreach commissar … errr… try not to offend too many of them”