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stillers4me
09-22-2010, 05:13 AM
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
By Daniel Malloy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward was sworn in as a member of President Barack Obama's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders yesterday.


WASHINGTON -- Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward has had plenty of speaking engagements in his time, but he said his appearance Tuesday before a packed auditorium in the U.S. Capitol was the toughest.
Ward said he was nervous and humbled in brief remarks after being sworn in as a member of President Barack Obama's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.
Born in Seoul, South Korea, to a Korean mother and African-American father, Ward said he endured taunts as a child and was often resentful of his mixed heritage. But he credited his mother because she "instilled in me a great attitude and appreciation for who I am."



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venom
09-22-2010, 06:58 AM
Congrats Hines . Just becareful and don't get too close to Obama .