Conyers Wants Haiti Relief Official Demoted Over Diversity Deficit

Conyers Wants Haiti Relief Official Demoted Over Diversity Deficit, by Molly K. Hooper, The Hill, February 4, 2010 Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) has called on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to demote the official coordinating Haiti relief efforts for not having enough minority staffers. The House Judiciary Committee Chairman sent a letter to Clinton on Thursday after Rajiv Shah, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, showed up at a meeting with the 42-member Congressional Black Caucus without any African American staffers in tow. More...