White House apology: White House apologizes to fired USDA worker – latimes.com.
The White House has apologized to a former USDA employee it now says was fired before the situation involving controversial videotaped comments was fully reviewed.
“A disservice was done, for which we apologize,” White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Wednesday afternoon, saying he spoke for the entire administration.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was attempting to reach the former employee, Shirley Sherrod, to speak further about the matter, Gibbs added. Vilsack said in a statement released overnight that he would reconsider the department’s decision to demand Sherrod’s resignation.
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