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That's what I thought too until I noticed they added a Nazi to the list of alumni. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=804058727&oldid=80...

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What fails the sniff test about a German having studied abroad at a US university before WWI - when no significant enmity between the two nations yet existed - and, over the next few decades, following a course in life that led him to join the NSDAP and the Waffen-SS? Uncommon, sure. But implausible? (When and by whom was the same information edited into the article about Lombard?)

My reaction was the same as yours initially -- weird thing for congressional staff to be spending their time on, but yeah that is a notable alumni (and actually kind of interesting).

But the same user added Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash to the List of University of Missouri alumni article.

All of that could of course could be a coincidence. But it'll be interesting to see whether any of Missouri's representatives start pushing a "universities create evil villains" narrative in the next cycle ;-)

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