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House Speaker Calls on Bush to Snub Olympic Ceremonies  

Posted Apr 1, 08 4:07 AM CDT in World,  Sports,  Politics    Most Covered

(newser) – House speaker Nancy Pelosi calls on President Bush to consider skipping the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics in an interview airing today, ABC reports. Pelosi, a fierce critic of China's human rights record, isn't suggesting an American boycott of the games themselves, but. she says that it was a mistake to have ever awarded the Olympics to China.

"If freedom-loving people don't speak out against China's oppression of people in Tibet, we have lost all moral authority to speak out against any oppressed people," said Pelosi after a recent meeting with the Dalai Lama. The president views the Olympics as a sporting event and plans to attend the kickoff in Beijing, said a White House statement.

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House Speaker Calls on Bush to Snub Olympic Ceremonies
Protestors hold placards during a rally denouncing human rights abuses by the Chinese government.   (Getty Images)
House Speaker Calls on Bush to Snub Olympic Ceremonies
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Jan. 29, 2008 file photo.   (AP Photo)
House Speaker Calls on Bush to Snub Olympic Ceremonies
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, left, and US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi talk to the media in Dharamsala, India, Friday, March 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
House Speaker Calls on Bush to Snub Olympic Ceremonies
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, left, and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walk after a lunch meeting in Dharamsala, India, Friday, March 21, 2008.   (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
House Speaker Calls on Bush to Snub Olympic Ceremonies
Police surround a pro-Tibet protesters, detained outside the Panathenian Stadium where the Olympic flame handover ceremony was held for the Beijing Olympics, in Athens on Sunday, March 30, 2008.   (AP Photo/Yiannis Petridis)
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