Jul
22
2010
President Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack find themselves besieged today with demands from a vast array of liberal voices — and some prominent conservatives — to reinstate hastily fired USDA regional official Shirley Sherrod. As new facts have emerged — all of them pointing to the capricious nature of Sherrod’s sacking — the White [...]
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Jul
21
2010
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said early Wednesday that he will review the case of an Agriculture Department official who resigned after a video clip surfaced of her apparently admitting to providing a white farmer with inferior service.Shirley Sherrod, who is African-American, resigned Monday under pressure after the video clip first appeared on a conservative website [...]
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