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August 25,
2003
OU Praises Bush for Pipes
Appointment
The Orthodox Union today praised President Bush for
appointing Dr. Daniel Pipes, the director of the Philadelphia-based Middle
East Forum, to the Board of the U.S. Institute for Peace. Richard B.
Stone, Chairman of the OU’s Institute for Public Affairs, said, “We
applaud President Bush’s wise choice of Dr. Daniel Pipes as a member of
the U.S. Institute for Peace, a body founded by Congress that creates
programs and fellowships that foster peace and non-violent conflict
resolution. Dr. Pipes is a highly respected scholar who has alerted the
American people for years to the dangers posed by extremist Islam in this
country and all over the world. At the same time, Dr. Pipes has been a
defender and champion of moderate Islam. We believe that Dr. Pipes will
make an important contribution to the USIP and to the cause of fighting
extremism and terrorism and making the world safer for peace. We welcome
and commend President Bush’s appointment of Dr. Pipes to this important
body and look forward to his contribution to the important work of the
Institute.”
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