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Obama’s Cabinet diversity in danger with new picks (old white guys)
Washington Post ^ | 1/07/13 | Emily Heil

Posted on 01/08/2013 5:48:36 PM PST by Libloather

The White House is poised this week to announce a handful of Cabinet nominees, most of whom have a few things in common: they all seem like perfectly qualified, distinguished folks. . . and they’re all white men.

President Obama’s picks, including Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) for secretary of state, former senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) for secretary of defense and John Brennan for CIA director, mean that the number of positions that could be filled by women or minorities is dwindling. That’s causing some concern among those who’d hoped to see diversity in the cabinet remain at its historic levels or even increase.

“It’s evident that he’s going to have a less diverse cabinet this term, possibly even less diverse than the George W. Bush cabinet,” says NYU professor Paul Light, who studies political appointments.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cabinet; diversity; old; white
That's a shame.
1 posted on 01/08/2013 5:48:46 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

So what. White men can be leftwing tyrants, too.


2 posted on 01/08/2013 5:56:08 PM PST by skeeter
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To: Libloather

yeah that’ll get the white guys behind him. /super sarc


3 posted on 01/08/2013 6:02:28 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Libloather

oh please, old white guys OWN Obama - he doesnt make a move without consulting the old white guys, they program the teleprompter but the libtards really think their Kenyan has a mind and purpose of his own.


4 posted on 01/08/2013 6:14:45 PM PST by Gasshog (Welcome to the United States of Stupidos!)
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To: Libloather

Hasn’t he heard of the binder method for recruiting females into cabinet level roles?


5 posted on 01/08/2013 7:59:38 PM PST by llevrok (ObamaLand - Where young people go to retire)
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To: skeeter
White men can be leftwing tyrants, too.

You're right on this... and white men can be liberal elites... and worse...

6 posted on 01/08/2013 8:09:03 PM PST by GOPJ (Obama GAVE guns to Mexican drug lords...Now he wants to TAKE our guns? It's wrong.)
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