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US Education Department to Investigate UNC Middle East Event

Associated Press

   CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The U.S. Department of Education is investigating a
   conference on the Middle East held at the University of North Carolina
   after a legislator raised complaints that participants were biased
   against Israel.
   The conference titled "Conflict Over Gaza: People, Politics, and
   Possibilities," was co-sponsored in March by Duke University and
   UNC-Chapel Hill.
   McClatchy D.C. reports that Raleigh Republican Rep. George Holding
   asked for an investigation in April, citing "reports of severe
   anti-Israeli bias and anti-Semitic rhetoric at the taxpayer-funded
   conference."
   UNC says it used $5,000 in education department grants for the
   conference, and will cooperate with the inquiry.
   Education Secret.ary Betsy DeVos tasked investigators with determining
   whether the spending complied with requirements.

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