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Shirley Sherrod, canned USDA official, fired by White House in rush before all facts known: e-mails

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The truth comes out at last.

The White House fired Shirley Sherrod from the USDA without knowing all of the facts, according to newly released e-mails.

A day after the Agriculture Department official was canned this summer  —  after an edited video of her surfaced where she made seemingly racist remarks — government officials admitted in internal documents that they had not seen the entire video, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Full Story: Shirley Sherrod, canned USDA official, fired by White House in rush before all facts known: e-mails – The New York Daily News