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Tom Vilsack Says He Offered to Resign Over Shirley Sherrod Saga

As the controversy over Shirley Sherrod's ouster grew last month, Tom Vilsack told President Barack Obama he was willing to resign his post as secretary of the Department of Agriculture. In an interview with Politico, Vilsack again expressed regret for his rash decision to fire Sherrod over a selectively edited video that distorted comments she had made about race matters. The secretary said he was hurrying to make a speech July 19 in Ohio when an aide held up a BlackBerry playing the footage in which Sherrod, who is black, appeared to say she refused to provide full assistance to a white ...

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