Obama’s Agriculture Dept. Has Hired Consulting Firm to Advise It on ‘Diversity | CNSnews.com: "(CNSNews.com) – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has “taken a number of actions to make his department more sensitive to civil rights issues,” The Hill newspaper reported on Monday.
Among other things, the department has hired a consulting firm to advise it on “diversity” matters, the newspaper reported.
And this week, Vilsack is pressing the House of Representatives to approve a Senate bill settling discrimination claims by black farmers.
As CNSNews.com reported earlier, President Obama is requesting $1.15 billion from Congress – on top of the $100 million he requested as a senator -- to settle discrimination claims by 66,000 African Americans who “farmed or attempted to farm” and were allegedly discriminated against by the U.S. Department of Agriculture between Jan"
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