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Sherrod says she’d love to talk race with Obama (AP)

July 22nd, 2010 | Author: admin

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack tells reporters that he acted in haste in firing Shirley Sherrod, a black U.S. Agriculture Department official, after it appeared she had made racist remarks in unfair and heavily edited video posted on a conservative Web site, during a news conference at the Department of Agriculture in Washington, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Vilsack said he is taking personal responsibility for what happened. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – Former Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she wants to discuss racial issues with President Obama, who’s “not someone who has experienced some of the things I’ve experienced in life.”


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