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To: RealMuLan who wrote (1509)	11/18/2003 7:00:26 PM
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Task force calls for more study abroad by U.S. students By EMILY FREDRIX, Associated Press Last Updated 2:09 p.m. PST Tuesday, November 18, 2003 "Our country simply cannot afford to remain ignorant of the rest of the world. The stakes are simply too high," said former Education Secretary Richard Riley, honorary co-chairman of the Strategic Task Force on Education Abroad. Sept. 11 was "a warning that America's ignorance of the world is now a national liability," said the report, compiled for the Association of International Educators, a private organization that promotes international education and exchange. The "stubborn monolingualism and ignorance of the world" that persists in the United States only feeds the confusion many Americans felt after Sept. 11, it said. sacbee.com