The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 25, June 19, 2005, Article 12

MINT DIRECTOR FORE'S NOMINATION MAY BE BLOCKED

Last week the Chicago Tribune and other newspapers reported
that the nomination of Mint Director Henrietta Holsman Fore to a
position in the State Department may be opposed by a prominent
Senator:

"Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) said Thursday he was troubled by
racially insensitive comments attributed more than a decade ago
to a woman the Bush administration has tapped for a top State
Department job, and he threatened to block her nomination until
his concerns were addressed."

"The comments were brought up Thursday during her confirmation
hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when
Obama pressed Fore to explain remarks she gave during a
question-and-answer session after a 1987 speech at Wellesley
College outside Boston."

"The remarks were misunderstood, Fore said, but she resigned
as a Wellesley trustee to quell the controversy at the college."

"In the Senate hearing on Thursday, Obama questioned Fore
about the racial comments for more than 20 minutes, repeatedly
pressing for an explanation of the remarks. When her answers
did not satisfy him, Obama said he wondered what type of
environment she would create for employees who were black,
Hispanic or had other racial backgrounds if she held a
"stereotypical notion of how various people performed."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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