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U.S. Snubs Sinn Fein Leader Gerry Adams

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By Mike Pesca

Published March 15, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

During his visit to the U.S. this week, Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams received a chilly reception from politicians and Irish-Americans. Sinn Fein's connection to the Irish Republican Army has brought international condemnation since the IRA was implicated in the Belfast bar murder of Robert McCartney. NPR's Mike Pesca reports.

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