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A weaker Harvard is a weaker America
The White House attacks could damage an institution that plays a vital role in the US economy and its power abroad.
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A person holding up a sign during the Harvard Students for Freedom rally in support of international students at the Harvard University campus in Boston, Massachusetts, on May 27.
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Gautam Mukunda
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Imagine if China or Russia tried to destroy a US asset that generates tens or even hundreds of billions of dollars of economic value, plays a major role in American leadership in science and technology, and turbocharges its prestige and soft power.
We’d expect the US government to go to war to defend it. But in attacking Harvard University
