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On the recordJuly 30, 2012
We knowingly gave the drug cartels nearly 2,000 weapons. Mostly AK-47s. And there didn't seem to be an adult in the room that said, do we really do that? Maybe this is a bad idea.
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Jason Chaffetz
Republican · Utah

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Chaffetz criticizes the flawed plan that allowed illegal gun sales to drug cartels.

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