Porter: No, not an Oreo. An R-E-O. REO. Carson: Real estate ... Porter: What's the O stand for? Carson: Organization. Porter: Owned, real estate owned. That's what happens when a property goes to ...

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Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson chalked up his infamous Oreo gaffe at a hearing on Tuesday to not being able to hear very well. Carson was referring to a viral exchange with Rep.

WASHINGTON -- Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson appeared to think a freshman congresswoman was questioning him about Oreo cookies during a congressional hearing Tuesday, instead of ...

Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) isn’t amused. After House and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson got some laughs for confusing a housing foreclosure term with America’s favorite sandwich cookie, Porter ...

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Tuesday appeared to think that a freshman Democrat was questioning him about Oreo cookies during his congressional testimony, when she was in fact ...

*Housing Secretary Ben Carson experienced somewhat of a brain fart during an exchange with House Democrat Katie Porter in which he appeared to mix up the common foreclosure term “REO” with Oreo ...

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson blamed the viral “Oreo” exchange with a lawmaker on Tuesday on not being able to hear the question properly. Carson confused REO, an acronym used to ...