NPR: Romney: Muslims Not Needed in Cabinet

Romney: Muslims Not Needed in Cabinet

Filed under: Election 2008

GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney doesn't see a need to include a Muslim-American on his would-be presidential cabinet, according to his national press secretary, Kevin Madden. Madden told Politico.com:

At this point, we're not focused on what Governor Romney's cabinet might look like. But the governor does not believe that in order to effectively fight radical jihad you need to have Muslims serving in the Cabinet.

Hmm ... Is this really a campaign trail issue? Should the ethnic make-up of theoretical presidential cabinets be representative of the general U.S. population? Or, perhaps an even more interesting question is should these cabinets reflect a deep cultural understanding of the populations of countries we currently occupy?

MJ Davis

12:07 PM ET | 11-27-2007 | permalink

Send a Comment

Comments are reviewed and edited by NPR prior to display. All comments will be read, but not all will be posted.

NPR reserves the right to read on the air and/or publish on its Web site or in any medium now known or unknown the e-mails and letters that we receive. We may edit them for clarity or brevity and identify authors by name and location. For additional information, please consult our Terms of Use.

E-mail this Page

Recipient's e-mail address:	» Up to twelve addresses, separated by commas.
Your e-mail address:
Your name:
Personal message (optional, 600 characters max):
Your NPR member station:
Are you a member of your local NPR station?	Yes No
Would you like to receive information from your local NPR member station? (see NPR's privacy policy)	Yes No
May we contact you with information about NPR programming and services? (see NPR's privacy policy)	Yes No

(Information collected by NPR will be used solely for internal NPR or NPR member station purposes and only if you selected 'yes' above. See NPR's privacy policy for more information.)

Host

Alison Stewart

Welcome to 'The Bryant Park Project'

The Bryant Park Project started as a blog in the summer of 2007 and ended as a radio show and online community in July 2008. Read our frequently asked questions and discussion rules.