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WASHINGTON: Black Caucus Chair To Obama: No More Ms. Nice Guy

Black Caucus Chair To Obama: No More Ms. Nice Guy
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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 01: Marcia Fudge speaks during the Leading Women Defined: Women On Washington at Ritz Carlton Hotel on March 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images for BET)

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Marcia Fudge didn’t sugarcoat her feelings about the fact that President Barack Obama has not yet chosen any African-Americans to fill open high-level positions in his second term.

“The people you have chosen to appoint in this new term have hardly been reflective of this country’s diversity,” the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus wrote in a terse letter to Obama this month. “Their ire is compounded by the overwhelming support you’ve received from the African-American community.”

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