Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Holder loses cool during House hearing when asked about Fast and Furious

By Matthew Boyle

A visibly frustrated Attorney General Eric Holder slammed the table when responding to a question about Operation Fast and Furious during a Tuesday budget hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies.

“That was a fundamentally flawed program, fundamentally flawed,” Holder said of Fast and Furious. “And, I think that I can agree with some of my harshest critics that there are legitimate issues that need to be explored with regard in which the way Fast and Furious was carried out.”

“But, I think one thing that also has to be understood is that once this was brought to my attention” — Holder said before slamming his hand on the committee room table he was sitting at — “I stopped it. I stopped it.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/29/holder-loses-cool-during-house-hearing-when-asked-about-fast-and-furious/#ixzz1nlf4QjRH

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