Monday, July 18, 2011

Bachmann criticizes black farmer settlement (AP)

This photo provided by the Michele Bachmann campaign shows Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., flying in a light plane over flooding from the Missouri River, near Hamburg, Iowa, Monday, July 18, 2011. Bachmann said the magnitude of flooding along the Missouri River this summer warrants a presidential visit. Bachmann and a fellow Republican House member, Steve King, R-IA, took an aerial tour of the flooding on Monday morning.  (AP Photo/Michele Bachmann Campaign)AP - Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann pointed to one program in particular Monday when talking about wasteful government spending: a multibillion dollar settlement paid to black farmers, who claim the federal government discriminated against them for decades in awarding loans and other aid.


Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110719/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_missouri_river_flooding_bachmann

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