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DIVERSITY.  The Obama administration is the most diverse White House in U.S. history.  Eric Holder is the first black Attorney General.  The UN Ambassador, Susan E. Rice, is also an African American, as is EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, NASA chief Charles F. Bolden, Jr., and Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin.  Diversity is extending to the federal bench as well, with blacks as 25 percent of the President’s judicial nominees, and minorities as nearly half.  For example, Irene Cornelia Berger was confirmed as the first black federal judge in West Virginia.  Tanya Pratt became the first African-American appointee to a federal judgeship in Indiana, and Michelle Childs became the second black federal judge in South Carolina. President Obama recently nominated Judge Bernice Bouie Donald, a federal district judge in Tennessee, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.  Last year, the President nominated Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina and third justice of color to sit on the Supreme Court.  Elections do matter.

9/11 families headed to meeting with Eric Holder

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NEW YORK (AP) - Norman Siegel, an attorney representing some 9/11 victims' relatives, said the family members want to cooperate with the FBI and the Department of Justice...
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Tenn. basketball coach has early onset dementia

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(AP) - The winningest coach in women's basketball just wants to focus on getting Tennessee back on top...
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Obama and family ride bikes on Martha's Vineyard

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WEST TISBURY, Mass. (AP) - The four were biking in Manuel F. Correllus State Forest, a 5,100-acre preserve where the first family also went cycling during their previous two summers...
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Allen West says he won't run for Senate

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Speculation had been growing that West might join the Republican primary to challenge Sen. Bill Nelson. But the tea party favorite said Monday he'll run for a second House term instead...
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With friends like Coburn, who needs enemies?

Michael Arceneaux
OPINION - Warm and fuzz feelings aside, sometimes one friend has to let the other friend know that they've gotten a little out of pocket...
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Cain: Impeaching Obama would be 'a great thing'

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POLITICO - Asked on a conference call with bloggers this evening why Republicans can't just impeach Barack Obama, Herman Cain answers that it's mostly a matter of legislative politics...
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Herman Cain to appear at Iowa’s African-American museum

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Like all of the other Republicans competing in the Ames straw poll, Herman Cain is heading to Iowa for several days of intense campaigning ahead of next weekend's vote...
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Cain wins straw poll of conservatives in Denver

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DENVER (AP) - Conservatives meeting in Denver have handed Georgia businessman Herman Cain a wide victory in a straw poll of Republican presidential candidates...
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GOP rep: Dealing with Obama like 'touching a tar baby'

Michelle Balani
theGRIO REPORT - While Lamborn's comments could be seen as a less-than-ideal metaphor, they also contain a derogatory term that has been historically regarded as a slur against African-Americans...
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Bachmann declares husband off limits in campaign

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Bachmann isn't happy with the attention her husband, has been getting and wants him out of the discussion. However, she never spared Michelle Obama the same fate...
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