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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-10 06:25 AM
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Helen Thomas receiving lifetime achievement award from CAIR
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Helen Thomas receiving lifetime achievement award from CAIR
By Bridget Johnson - 09/18/10 05:33 PM ET


The longtime White House correspondent who resigned from Hearst newspapers in June in the wake of comments she made about Israel will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

CAIR is honoring Helen Thomas, who is of Lebanese descent and now 90 years old, at its Leadership Conference and 16th Annual Fundraising Banquet on Oct. 9 in Arlington, Va.

Speakers will also include Oxford Islamic studies scholar Tariq Ramadan.

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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-10 06:35 AM
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1. Good for her
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-19-10 06:40 AM
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2. Good for her
What was done to her was despicable, including on here. I am honored to have met her and chatted with her after she came out of retirement after GWB was "elected."
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