Ex-West Point leader who drew protests considers another shot at USC president
Retired three-star Army Gen. Robert Caslen choked up while reading a letter aloud from a University of South Carolina graduate apologizing for his treatment while interviewing for the presidency.
“We are a flagship university that doesn’t understand what the flag means,” Caslen read.
The letter ends with a request that the former West Point superintendent not judge USC by a small number of loud voices who criticized his military career, lack of a traditional university background and comments on sexual harassment that Caslen says were taken out of context.
“How much is one’s character worth?” Calsen replied when asked to assess his experience after trustees decided surprisingly to reopen the president search last month after interviewing four finalists.
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