This story was written by CBSNews.com political reporter Brian Montopoli. On the day that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited Columbia University in New York, U.S. presidential candidates offered reaction ...

A Columbia University official under fire for inviting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to campus on Monday has said any notable figure visiting the United States — even Adolf Hitler ...

Columbia University said it does not plan to call off a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad despite pressure from critics including the City Council speaker, who said the Ivy League ...

The true novelty of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's appearance Monday at Columbia University did not, ... Nevertheless, it would have been wrong, once he’d been invited, to ban Ahmadinejad from speaking.

John Smock/APProtesters gather outside Columbia University on Sunday to speak out against Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's scheduled appearanceat the school on Monday afternoon.It's officially ...

Do we believe in free speech or not? That’s the real question behind whether Columbia University was right to invite Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak on campus. Of course, Columbia ...

Sept. 24, 2007 — -- Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger defended the university's decision to invite Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak at the campus today on "Good ...

Even before he stepped on the campus of Columbia University last week, the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, became the focus of controversy from those who objected to the university’s ...

Speaking now (webcast here), Ahmadinejad has also run through a long list of what he sees as the crimes against the rest of the world committed by the U.S. and other Western nations — and has ...

Ahmadinejad not going quietly. By Associated Press 02/10/2013 12:45 PM EST. ... What drew attention was how Mahmoud Ahmadinejad injected himself into it. ...

Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered as a possible candidate for the presidential election after a helicopter ... After speaking to journalists in front of a bank of 50 ...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad refers to the Holocaust as a "historical event" before insisting again that "if" it happened there needs to be more historical research.