Democratic Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth backed off her pledge to vote against any of President Biden’s nominees that are not “diversity nominees” following a confrontation with senior White House officials over the lack of Asian Americans in Cabinet positions.

In a statement late Tuesday night, Duckworth’s spokesman Ben Garmisa said:

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