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Congressional Black Caucus Welcomes Republican Allen West

January 6th, 2011 - 0 comments - Filed Under - by
Representative Allen West becomes the first Republican member of the all-Democratic Congressional Black Caucus in fourteen years. The last Republican member of the black lawmakers’ group is Representative Gary A. Franks of Connecticut, who left office in 1997. Representative Allen West is a former Army lieutenant and represents Florida’s southeast coast. He stated that there [...]