Professors, students protest Rumsfeld's appointment

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• Stanford: Well within the Hoover Institution's right to appoint Rumsfeld
  
• Rumsfeld will spend a year as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow
  
• Opposition: Online petition has been signed by more than 3,500

"He's a war criminal," said Sam Dubal, one petitioner, who also created a Facebook group called "Rumsfeld -- You Are Not Welcome at Stanford!"

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