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That was entirely up to the designated secretary, that department, tom vilsack, he acted independently of any white house involvement, took no counsel from the white house, reviewed the matter himself and made the decision himself. that was reinforced about 8:00 when a white house official told me that after the fact, meaning after shirley sherrod had been fired, president obama had been briefed on all the facts of the case and fully supported that decision to seek and obtain shirley sherrod s ouster. then late last night the white house, we don t know exactly when, but very late last night or esrerl this morning placed a call to the agriculture department saying it was the white house s opinion that the agriculture department ought to review the facts of the case an see if it missed anything and possibly in the future might come to a different conclusion. i ve asked several times today what accounted for this change, number one, and white house involvement, and number two, seeking rev ....

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