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At the ag department being mainly motivated by politics, not necessarily the right thing to do, thought they wanted to cut the bleeder off and show to the white house how they take care of things in their department. there is a lot of overeagerness there. we do know vilsack yesterday afternoon after it was becoming clear that shirley sherrod had been totally set up and had done nothing wrong, he was still releasing statements saying because of this controversy we cant have anyone like that out t...

Department to figure out what to do? >> there might have been some contact. someone talked about a white house liaison talking to the ag department. i believe political appointees at the ag department being mainly motivated by politics, not necessarily the right thing to do, thought they wanted to cut the bleeder off and show to the white house how they take care of things in their department. there is a lot of overeagerness there. we do know vilsack yesterday afternoon after it was becoming cle...

There are media and partisan players out there who are targeting the white house, this administration for their own ideological ends. that is fine. they are doing it with false information and there seems to be no sort of recognition or indignation about that in the administration. >> now vilsack met with the congressional black caucus and they pointed out the agriculture department never fired any of the people responsible for years of discrimination against black farmers. usda had to reach two...

Be no sort of recognition or indignation about that in the administration. >> now vilsack met with the congressional black caucus and they pointed out the agriculture department never fired any of the people responsible for years of discrimination against black farmers. usda had to reach two separate billion-dollar settlements in 1999, again this year. this is a, you know, for him to walk into a meeting like that with the black caucus knowing this history, what can he possibly say to them? >> im...