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Obama is delivering diversity, but some seek more (AP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_diversity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081203/capt.a02c884c845146fe8cd1baa457052208.obama__ilpm103.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=WzINCsBK7j.jmn8sE32bfA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="President-elect Barack Obama, right, and Commerce Secretary-designate New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, left, take part in a news conference in Chicago, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barack Obama, soon to be the first black U.S. president, is on the road to making good his pledge to have a Cabinet and White House staff that are among most diverse ever, although some supporters are asking him to go even further. He added to the minority representation at the top of his administration Wednesday when he named New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a Hispanic, as Commerce Secretary.</p><br clear="all"/>