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Prominent Latino Organizations Silent on Alberto Gonzales
Alberto Gonzales is the first Latino Attorney General in U.S. history and was once endorsed by many pre-eminent Latino organizations. Those same organizations now remain silent on his recent troubles, reports NAM contributor Roberto Lovato.
NEW YORK – The recent scandal involving the firing of eight U.S. attorneys by U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has yielded mostly silence from the country’s pre-eminent Latino organizations.
Gonzales is the first Latino Attorney General in U.S. history and many of those same Latino organizations heavily endorsed him when he was up for confirmation.
The silence among the mostly Washington, D.C.-based organizations contrasts strikingly with testimony in Senate hearings, press conferences and other public statements in support of Gonzales when he was nominated by President Bush in 2005.
“We have not taken a public position on the firing controversy,” said Lisa Navarrete, vice president of the Office of Public Information at the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest Latino advocacy group in the country.
But during his confirmation hearings, NCLR President and CEO Janet Murguía wrote in a letter to then Senate Judiciary Chair Arlen Specter: “Not only is Judge Gonzales a compelling American success story, it is also clear that few candidates for this post have been as well qualified.”
During the same hearing, Ray Velarde, then national legal advisor to the League of United Latin American Citizens, one of the oldest Latino civil rights organizations in the country, stated that, “there is no question that he (Gonzales) is as eminently qualified, balanced and principled a nominee as the Senate is likely to see.”
But when contacted this week, Lizette Olmos, communications director with the League said that her organization had, “not taken a position on the [controversy], but will discuss it at a board meeting.”
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Gonzales is the first Latino Attorney General in U.S. history and many of those same Latino organizations heavily endorsed him when he was up for confirmation.
The silence among the mostly Washington, D.C.-based organizations contrasts strikingly with testimony in Senate hearings, press conferences and other public statements in support of Gonzales when he was nominated by President Bush in 2005.
“We have not taken a public position on the firing controversy,” said Lisa Navarrete, vice president of the Office of Public Information at the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest Latino advocacy group in the country.
But during his confirmation hearings, NCLR President and CEO Janet Murguía wrote in a letter to then Senate Judiciary Chair Arlen Specter: “Not only is Judge Gonzales a compelling American success story, it is also clear that few candidates for this post have been as well qualified.”
During the same hearing, Ray Velarde, then national legal advisor to the League of United Latin American Citizens, one of the oldest Latino civil rights organizations in the country, stated that, “there is no question that he (Gonzales) is as eminently qualified, balanced and principled a nominee as the Senate is likely to see.”
But when contacted this week, Lizette Olmos, communications director with the League said that her organization had, “not taken a position on the [controversy], but will discuss it at a board meeting.”
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Here at the Chicano Veterans Organization, and in particular, our Cactus Juice Commentaries at our Internet web site, we have commented extensively.
As such, we did not favor his appointment to the AG's position, but military veterans are not held in much high regard when our prespective is from the standpoint of the Privates, the Corpoals, and the Sergeants.
Need more be said?
For more information:
http://www.chicanoveterans.org
Here at the Chicano Veterans Organization, and in particular, our Cactus Juice Commentaries at our Internet web site, we have commented extensively.
As such, we did not favor his appointment to the AG's position, but military veterans are not held in much high regard when our prespective is from the standpoint of the Privates, the Corporals, and the Sergeants.
Need more be said?
For more information:
http://www.chicanoveterans.org
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