“This is a missed opportunity to work with a key organization that is connected to Latino voters from across the country,” NCLR President and CEO Janet Murguía told VOXXI Monday. “But even if he wasn’t going to come here, we would’ve really welcomed putting forth his positions on some of these issues [important to Latinos] and clarifying his positions.”
The 2012 NCLR Annual Conference in Las Vegas attracted 5,000 Latino leaders, community activists and elected officials. The event began July 7 and wraps up July 10, with a speech from Vice President Joe Biden on the behalf of President Barack Obama, who will not be attending the conference. Obama has attended the conference twice in the past – once in 2008 when he was running for president and again 2011. READ MORE
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