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John Cornyn: shouldn't the American people expect that the Attorney General or the Chief Deputy within his office will be familiar…

On the recordFebruary 14, 2011
shouldn't the American people expect that the Attorney General or the Chief Deputy within his office will be familiar with the operational details of an operation that involved the straw purchase of 1,500 firearms in the United States that were then supplied to Mexican drug trafficking cartels?
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Cornyn questions the Attorney General's awareness of a major gun operation.

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