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Top faculty members and student leaders issued letters of support for Texas A&M University President Mark A. Welsh III on Wednesday as several Republican lawmakers have called for his firing.

The letters come after more than a week of turmoil at Texas A&M, after a video of a student confronting a professor over gender identity material being taught in a children’s literature class went viral online. They also come ahead of a university system regents’ meeting in which they are set to discuss personnel matters.

Welsh, who initially supported the professor in the video, fired her on Sept. 9. The day before, he had revoked administrative positions from the depa

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