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Issa rips Obama's silence on ATF gun-tracking matter
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| 06/29/11 04:07 PM ET
| Jordy Yager
Posted on 06/30/2011 5:08:17 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) denounced President Obama for refusing to comment on a controversial gun-tracking program that is under investigation.
Issa, who is the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Obama did not express the necessary “urgency” that is called for in investigating who approved of the “Fast and Furious” operation, which may have contributed to the death of at least one federal agent.
At a press conference Wednesday, Obama reiterated that Attorney General Eric Holder did not order the gun-tracking program, which was run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and allowed known and suspected straw purchasers to buy thousands of weapons in hopes of tracking them to members of Mexican drug cartels.
Holder called for the Inspector General to investigate the matter to determine who approved of the operation. Obama said he would comment further on the issue once the investigation is completed.
“My attorney general has made clear that he certainly would not have ordered gun running to be able to pass through into Mexico,” Obama said.
“The investigation is still pending. I'm not going to comment on a current investigation. I've made very clear my views that would not be an appropriate step by the ATF, and we've got to find out how that happened.
“As soon as the investigation is completed, I think appropriate actions will be taken,” Obama said.
But Issa, who held a charged hearing on the issue earlier this month, has indicated that responsibility for the operation rests with some of the highest officials at the Justice Department and the ATF.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: atf; banglist; batf; cole; corruption; ffgate; gunwalker; gunwalkergate; holder; holderlies; holderresign; impeachobama; issa; melson; obama; obamalies; recallholder; resignholder
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
I call them the “pod people”. They have ceased to have any sense or ability to make any negative judgment where he is concerned.
To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
Obama just wants this story to go away. And he has the whole MSM to help him. It is infuriating. He should be impeached, but instead he's off on another taxpayer funded vacation with the million dollar a trip whirlwind tour wife.
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06/30/2011 9:11:57 PM PDT
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444Flyer
("...Rather the scorned- the rejected -the men hemmed in with the spears..." from 'A Consecration')
To: 444Flyer
Obama just wants this story to go away. And he has the whole MSM to help him. It is infuriating. He should be impeached Well there is more than enough of a Republican majority in the House of Reps to bring forth impeachment charges right now, but for the most part, they are fearful eunuchs, deathly afraid of 0dumb0 and of the media. As much as I hate 0dumb0 and the left wing media, the Repubs could institute impeachment proceedings right now, including 0dumb0's constitutional ineligibility to be US pres___ent, but they don't have the balls or "certitude" to do it.
So I don't think we can blame the MSM as they don't control the impeachment process.... the House of Reps does.
To: cinciella
LOL when I read your reply I thought it was in the bash Bachmann because Sarah was there first threads and you were calling the Palin Bots ‘pod people’ as it applies to them as well.
To: rcrngroup
To: 444Flyer
See post 25. It is unbelievable.Did you see the article that one of the whistle blowers that testified was fired!? Melson refuses resignation but a whistle blower is fired!
To: GlockThe Vote
WASHINGTON — Democrats on Capitol Hill called for tougher gun laws Thursday as a way of cracking down on weapons purchased in the US and trafficked to Mexican drug cartels. The call for restrictions on such purchases came at a forum ...
WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats on the House oversight committee this week intensified their efforts to shape the narrative surrounding Operation Fast and Furious, the border-security strategy that allowed guns to be ...
By the CNN Wire Staff Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland, has released a report on the ATF's Operation Fast and Furious. Washington (CNN) -- A controversial program by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that tried to track illegal ...
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"We had asked for a day of hearings and haven't gotten a response yet, so we went ahead and proceeded with our own forum," Cummings said.
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Fox News - 13 hours ago
Rep. Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, held a forum Thursday on how the illegal flow of guns from America into Mexico undermines ATF's mission. (AP) The free flow of illegal guns through the US ...
The two guns were subsequently linked to the suspects in the torture and killing of Mario Gonzalez Rodriguez, the brother of Patricia Gonzalez Rodriguez, who was then attorney general of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. ...
Blogs
Baltimore Sun (blog) - 21 hours ago
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, in the latest battle with his Republican counterpart on the House Oversight Committee, said Thursday that an investigation into a troubled federal gun trafficking operation should also consider the role US gun laws play in ...
Wall Street Journal (blog) -
Evan Perez -
Jun 29, 2011
President Barack Obama, at his press conference, spoke carefully about an emerging scandal over a federal gun-running probe. President Barack Obama at a news conference Wednesday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) But he said Attorney General ...
Houston Chronicle (blog) - Jun 29, 2011
President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he would not comment on the Justice Department's ongoing investigation into the so-called fast and furious gun-running case, but did promise swift action when the case is closed. Obama said “appropriate action ...
United States
Elijah Cummings released a report saying that gun laws need to be tightened to fight crime. | AP Photo Close By SEUNG MIN KIM | 6/30/11 9:10 AM EDT Updated: 6/30/11 12:24 PM EDT House Democrats are still fuming about when Rep. ...
WASHINGTON — The tainted "Operation Fast and Furious" has dealt the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms its worst blow since the agency's botched 1993 raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco that left four ATF agents dead. ...
The ranking Democrat on the House committee investigating the controversial federal gun-trafficking operation known as Fast and Furious accused its Republican chairman on Wednesday of stifling discussion of whether US gun laws have ...
Washington D.C., DC
One of the whistleblowers who brought the massive “Gun Walker” scandal to light, ATF Special Agent Vince Cefalu, was terminated after a thirty-year career last week… the day after House Oversight chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a ...
Attempting to change the direction of a congressional probe, the ranking Democratic member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a forum Thursday focusing entirely on reforming gun ...
Focusing on what he says are weak laws rather than a controversial Justice Department gun smuggling operation, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a report ...
To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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07/01/2011 11:44:51 AM PDT
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444Flyer
("...Rather the scorned- the rejected -the men hemmed in with the spears..." from 'A Consecration')
To: 444Flyer
And a IG is suppose to be INVESTIGATING F&F. After what happened to Gerald Walpin I am not comforted in the Obama admin rule of law and ethics.
To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
We darn near live under complete tyranny. These people do not follow the rule of law.
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07/01/2011 12:04:22 PM PDT
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444Flyer
("...Rather the scorned- the rejected -the men hemmed in with the spears..." from 'A Consecration')
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