Brown made the statement during a Wednesday briefing on Haiti <br /><br /> She said Republican leaders were "racist" in their policies toward the Caribbean nation, which is almost entirely black, and called the president's representatives "a bunch of white men." <br /> <br /><br />After the dressing down, which sent a hush over the hour-long meeting, Noriega responded that he would relay her comments to Secretary of State Colin Powell (search) and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice (search), both high-level African-American members of the Bush administration. <br /> <br />Participants in the meeting said Noriega later told Brown: "As a Mexican-American, I deeply resent being called a racist and branded a white man." <br /> <br /> Noriega also pointed to Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (search), a Republican member of the delegation who was born in Cuba, and asked whether he appeared to be a white man <br /> Brown's response, according to witnesses, was: "You all look alike to me." <br />"To sit there and browbeat this man who is a Mexican-American and call him names, it was inappropriate," Foley said. <br /><br />
