Google Groups no longer supports new Usenet posts or subscriptions. Historical content remains viewable.
Dismiss
Re: Obama naming Hispanics to top posts at record pace
0 views
Skip to first unread message
climber
Dec 26, 2009, 1:58:10 PM12/26/09
to
On Dec 26, 7:54 am, " johnny@." <joh...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ (AP) – 4 days ago
>
> MIAMI — President Barack Obama is on track to name more Hispanics to top
> posts than any of his predecessors, drawing appointees from a wide range
> of the nation's Latino communities, including Mexicans, Puerto Ricans,
> Dominicans and Colombians.
>
> That won't necessarily give the president a free pass on issues such as
> immigration, but it may ease Hispanics' worries about whether Obama will
> continue reaching out to a group that was key to his winning the White
> House.
>
> Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is by far Obama's most famous
> Hispanic appointee. In less than a year in office, the president has
> also tapped at least 48 other Hispanics to positions senior enough to
> require Senate confirmation. So far, 35 have been approved.
>
> That compares with a total of 30 approved under Bill Clinton and 34
> under George W. Bush during their first 20 months in office, according
> to U.S. Office of Personnel Management data.
>
> Cut!
>
> In some ways, Obama is simply following his predecessor's example. Until
> the Obama administration, Bush's Cabinet was widely considered the most
> ethnically diverse in U.S. history, with Hispanics serving as
> secretaries of commerce and housing and as attorney general. Less than
> half of Obama's Cabinet consists of white men.
>
> http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gJbh4PsFVPUS848CVMx...
> By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ (AP) – 4 days ago
>
> MIAMI — President Barack Obama is on track to name more Hispanics to top
> posts than any of his predecessors, drawing appointees from a wide range
> of the nation's Latino communities, including Mexicans, Puerto Ricans,
> Dominicans and Colombians.
>
> That won't necessarily give the president a free pass on issues such as
> immigration, but it may ease Hispanics' worries about whether Obama will
> continue reaching out to a group that was key to his winning the White
> House.
>
> Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is by far Obama's most famous
> Hispanic appointee. In less than a year in office, the president has
> also tapped at least 48 other Hispanics to positions senior enough to
> require Senate confirmation. So far, 35 have been approved.
>
> That compares with a total of 30 approved under Bill Clinton and 34
> under George W. Bush during their first 20 months in office, according
> to U.S. Office of Personnel Management data.
>
> Cut!
>
> In some ways, Obama is simply following his predecessor's example. Until
> the Obama administration, Bush's Cabinet was widely considered the most
> ethnically diverse in U.S. history, with Hispanics serving as
> secretaries of commerce and housing and as attorney general. Less than
> half of Obama's Cabinet consists of white men.
>
> http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gJbh4PsFVPUS848CVMx...
Whew! Obama sucks butts faster then some of the vermin infesting
Congress.
climber
http://www.wvwnews.net/ Western Voices
http://www.stormfront.org/ Stormfront (fine forums)
0 new messages