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 ...

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 ...

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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.

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 ...