Syrian In California Takes Heat For Ties To Regime

by Amy Walters, NPR

Calls for regime change in Syria are making their way from Damascus to Southern California. Dr. Hazem Chehabi, the Syrian Consul General in California has close ties to Syrian President Bashar Assad and is a major donor to the University of California, Irvine. Syrian-American protesters are up in arms, calling on him to distance himself from the Syrian regime.

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• Morning Edition, August 2, 2011