Senate grills Holder on Fast and Furious gun-trafficking sting
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Republican lawmakers want to know when the attorney general first learned of the program that allowed guns to go untracked into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. He says he acted responsibly. Pressure piled on Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. as he faced a barrage of questions Tuesday about his knowledge of a federal gun-trafficking sting that allowed more than 2,000 weapons to be sold illegally and why the Justice Department gave inaccurate information to Congress on its connection to the killing of a federal agent. At a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Republican lawmakers quizzed Holder on...
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