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On the recordJuly 20, 2010
This is a good woman. She has been put through hell. And I could have done and should have done a better job. I want to learn from that experience. I want the agency and department to learn from that experience. And I want us to be stronger for it. I want to renew the commitment of this department to a new era in civil rights. I want to close the chapter on a very difficult period in civil rights. So, I accept responsibility. And I -- I -- and I don't think -- the buck stops with me, as it should.
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Tom Vilsack
Democratic · Iowa

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Tom Vilsack apologizes to Shirley Sherrod for the handling of her situation and expresses a commitment to civil rights.

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