In fact, under the direction of then-Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman, the USDA formed its own internal Civil Rights Action Team to investigate claims of racism and discrimination.
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White House senior adviser Dan Pfieffer encouraged that fable on this Sunday's news shows, implying that the Treasury's internal process for handling the unfair treatment of political targets trumped the President's right to know.
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