The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 26, June 26, 2005, Article 4

OBAMA BLOCKS FORE NOMINATION

The Chicago Tribune reported on June 23rd that Sen. Barack
Obama (D-Ill.) moved to block the nomination of a Mint
Director Henrietta Fore to a high level State Department position,
"delaying the confirmation until the White House opens a portion
of her FBI file so he can investigate a racial remark attributed to
her nearly two decades ago.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee was poised to approve
the nomination of Henrietta Fore as undersecretary of state for
management. But Obama filed a formal objection and the matter
was postponed for at least a week.

Obama said he remains concerned by Fore's comments during
a 1987 speech at Wellesley College in which she lamented how
difficult it was to keep black assembly-line workers employed
at a company she had run. She tried to quell the furor through a
letter to the editor of the college newspaper, saying her comments
that blacks would prefer to go "back to the street to earn more
money" selling drugs referred just to some former employees.

At the time, Fore said her remarks were misunderstood. As
the controversy grew, however, she resigned her position as
a college trustee."

"Obama, who sits on the Foreign Relations Committee, was
the lone senator to object to Fore's confirmation or to raise
questions about her background. According to Senate rules,
one senator can block a presidential nomination."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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