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Published: 04/10/09

Arizona State University Denies President Obama Honorary Degree?

By  David Knowles - Politics Daily
Arizona State University Denies President Obama Honorary Degree?

President Barack Obama is set to be the commencement speaker at Arizona State University this year. Often, when a high-profile official provides this service, he or she is awarded an honorary doctorate. But ASU will not be giving Obama the ceremonial degree, because "his body of work is yet to come". Depending on your perspective, that statement might mean, he's too inexperienced, or his best days lie ahead. But considering all the other people that ASU has bestowed with honorary degrees, it seems hard to read this as anything but a slight. Phoenix's East Valley Tribune notes,Arizona State ...

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