From ICT:
Mary L. Smith has been nominated to be the assistant attorney general for the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice. Having been nominated April 20, 2009, she is the longest-standing presidential nominee not to receive a full Senate vote. While I have kept a respectful silence during this process, the time has come when I can be silent no longer. She merits immediate confirmation.
An enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation, Mary Smith is a historic first. When the Senate confirms her, Smith will be the highest ranking Native American in the 140-year history of the Department of Justice and the first Native American to serve as an assistant attorney general. All of Indian country should be outraged that a Native American nominee continues to be denied a full Senate vote more than a year after her original nomination. We must all raise our collective voice and tell President Barack Obama and the Senate to do everything possible to move her nomination to a confirmation vote.
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