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Dick Durbin: “When did the program begin? Mr. McCAIN. Let me just finish my comment. A young American Border Patrol agent was murdered…”

On the recordAugust 1, 2012
When did the program begin? Mr. McCAIN. Let me just finish my comment. A young American Border Patrol agent was murdered with weapons that were part of the Fast and Furious investigation. What has the Attorney General of the United States done? He has said that he will not come forward with any information that is requested by my colleagues in the House. So I would have to say that, at least in the House of Representatives and with many Americans and certainly with the family of Brian Terry, who was murdered, there is a credibility problem with this Attorney General of the United States.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Aug 1, 2012

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