The statement came hours before police in New York raided Columbia University to remove protesters who had taken over Hamilton Hall.
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The dramatic crackdown marked the second time that Columbia's president asked the NYPD to intervene against the protesters.
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Republicans are seizing on a headline-grabbing topic in an election year.
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“These cards are neither a gift nor a donation. I am simply bringing home Holocaust loot," Karla McCabe said after driving the postcards back to Lublin.
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Columbia students draped an "intifada" banner down Hamilton Hall, a university building that has been the site of student takeovers in the past.
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Student protesters voted not to acquiesce to the university 2 p.m. deadline to vacate or risk suspension.
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