Rudy Giuliani and Michael Flynn will no longer hold honorary degrees from the University of Rhode Island, the school announced Friday, CBS News reports.


Rudy Giuliani and Michael Flynn will no longer hold honorary degrees from the University of Rhode Island, the school announced Friday, CBS News reports.
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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
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