New Brunswick, May 6 (RHC)-- Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has cancelled an appearance at Rutgers University following a wave of campus protest.
Rice was to receive $35,000 to deliver the graduation commencement address later this month. But Rutgers students occupied a campus building and called for the invitation to be withdrawn over Rice’s role in the Iraq War and Bush administration torture.
In a statement, Condoleezza Rice said her scheduled appearance at the university "has become a distraction," and for that reason she'd decided to cancel the event.
