mr. brewer is not going to be criminally indicted or anything else. now is your management a hands off or hands on? do you want to know what's going on? or do you want others to handle it and brief you relatively high level? >> i think i've got a hands on style. >> if you have a hands on style, you have read any of or been fully briefed on any of the wiretaps including the march 10th wiretap in this case? >> these wiretaps are very voluminous. i have not read them. >> this has been publicly reported that he was sick to his stomach when he discovered this was approved by lanny brewer's office. indications are that your chief deputy knew about this. i mean it comes through criminal division at some point. the question is, will you or isn't it appropriate that you know about these wiretaps so that can you know what former atf acting aft director knew which was these wiretaps are reasonably believed to be sufficient in what they disclosed that many parts of this operation should have stopped, should have stopped sooner and that people were saying that at

mr. brewer is exactly the same program. now, maybe if you do something enough times you might get it different in the outcome, but the program, the attempt to follow from the store to the border, and then pass off to mexican authorities is, in fact, wide receiver. that was that program which differs from fast and furious where fast and furious they told people to peel away and they'd find the guns later. there is a distinct difference but there is no difference between what this document shows, and the stated wide receiver. the fact is, lanny brewer in this document was clearly trying to say, let's do wide receiver again but let's get it right this time. >> mr. chairman i reserve. i'd just like to see the document. >> you have the document. this is doj 005754. >> i'd just like to see it. you can go ahead. >> you've reserved. i'll wait. >> mr. chairman i think we have a different opinion of what gun walking is and i withdraw my reservation. >>. >> i thank the gentleman. we can disagree as to what the document means. my discu

mr. brewer was in mexico advocating for gun walking. he was in mexico. i think you're talking about a february 2nd e-mail or report, i guess, from the state department that indicated that what he was talking about was the possibility of a surveilled delivery of weapons to people who would take them to the border and an arrest made at the border. interestingly, on the mexican side of the border, because the penalties that exist in mexico for gun trafficking, for straw purchasing, are higher than they are here in the united states. and that's what he was proposing. not gun walking, but something very, very different. it was something that was raised, but ultimately never carried out. >> i thank the gentleman. i apologize. there's no additional time at this time. we now go to the gentleman from vermont, mr. walsh, for five minutes. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. two things, number one, i want to express appreciation for the hard work of the people of the atf. this is an incredible challenge that they have. we lost a revered officer, officer terry, in

mr. brewer about it. he met with a fchtf. did he not know about the tactics, the inappropriate tactics, the gun walking tactics involved in fast and furious until later on and didn't connect those tactics with the ones that we used in wide receiver and admitted what he did was a mistake and indicate ed and did he fail in making that connection? >> and so he continues on, as do other senior officials. moved around as chessmen on a significant nature at this point in time. no admission other than brought on the carpet and brought into the public light that this thing has gone wrong, was set up to go wrong. and, frankly, i believe it was set up to go wrong in order to deal with second amendment liberties of law abiding citizens and pushing into a perception that it was the problem of the second amendment as opposed to law enforcement. and more importantly, mr. attorney general, your oversight of an agency of a department, of individual leaders in that department that have not been held accountable. >> well, with all due respect

mr. brewer that we were not satisfied with the assertions that were contained in that february 2nd letter. but it was formally withdrawn -- >> it wasn't a deliberate attempt to deceive congress, the letter was not? >> no. if you look at the materials we made available, the deliberate materials we made available, you can see how people were, i think, really struggling to try to get the best information they could to congress as quickly as they could. but i thunk they made a couple mistakes. their needed to take more time and they needed to drill down further. >> inaccurate information? >> yeah. they didn't go down to talk to the line people. they stopped at the supervisory level. >> okay. amazing how quickly five minutes goes. i guess as a parent, i want my kids to do the right thing. and i'm sure as the attorney general you want the people who work under you to do the right thing. and so i guess moving forward, how do you feel that you can regain the trust of the american people in light of all that's happened with fast and furious? >> well, you know, i'll take issue with you again respec

mr. brewer, mark brewer, thank you for coming on together for a livly conversation, we appreciate it.nks to you both. and up next, the budget battle with former senator allen simpson and remembering the new york times anthony shadid, who risked his life to tell the untold stories. >> he was someone that i turned to and read carefully and if i did not have time when i got to the press reporting i would put it aside and read it, because he had his pulse on what was happening. ent their whole care. [ charlie ] we're the heartbeat of this place, the people on the line. we take pride in what we do. when that refrigerator ships out the door, it's us that work out here. [ michael ] we're on the forefront of revitalizing manufacturing. we're proving that it can be done here, and it can be done well. [ ilona ] i come to ge after the plant i was working at closed after 33 years. ge's giving me the chance to start back over. [ cindy ] there's construction workers everywhere. so what does that mean? it means work. it means work for more people. [ brian ] there's a bright future here, and there's

endorsement until the very, very last minute, governor brewer waiting until yesterday, two days before the primary, to announce she, too, is endorsing mr. romney. government brewer's last minute endorsement i hope you won't mind me noting is not exactly a profile in courage given so much the state has voted it looks like mitt romney is going to run away with the state of arizona. so governor brewer waited long enough to figure out who was going to win and said i'm with that guy. jan brewer, always brave and classy. if you believe the polls. mitt romney has lead in arizona right now. if you believe the curse, maybe gentleman brew brewer endorsing him might turn it around. having the establishment on your side has not been a good omen in that state's republican politics. the biggest thing that happened in the last year in arizona is the recall of the most powerful republican in the state. now the most powerful republican politician in arizona has not been the governor, the head of the state senate, russ sell pierce, he's no longer in the senate because he was recalled from office by his district voters in november. that is after he champ

mr. romney holding a slim lead in michigan ahead of the vote. the republican governor of arizona, jan brewer withheld her endorsement, waiting until yesterday, two days before the primary to announce she, too, is endorsing mr. romney. governor brewer's last minute endorsement is not exactly a profile in courage. given so much of the state has voted when you look at the polling, it looks like mitt romney will run away with arizona. governor brewer waited long enough to figure out who was going to win and then she said i'm with that guy. jan brewer, always brave, always classy. if you believe the polls, mitt romney has a prohibitive lead in arizona right now. but if you believe the curse, maybe jan brewer endorsing him might turn it around. having the arizona republican establishment on your side has not actually been a good omen in that state's republican politics recently the biggest thing that happened in politics last year the recall of the most powerful republican in the state. now the most powerful republican politician in arizona has not been the governor, the head of the state senate,

mr. brewer is not going to be criminally indicted. when will asking about holding people accountable, we were asking about people who work for you. if you're managing style hands off or hands on? >> i think i have a hands on style. >> if you had a hand on style, have you read any of the wiretaps -- if you have a hands on style, have you read any of the wiretaps? >> i have not read them. >> we were told, this has been reported, that he was sick to the stomach, this was approved by the office. indications are your chief deputy new about this. it comes through a criminal division at some point. the question is, is it not appropriate that he know about these wiretaps so you can know what former atf director is new. these wiretaps are believed to be -- directors knew? these wiretaps are believed to be -- this should have stopped sooner. the office of criminal division knew or should have known. that is the thing we were asking about, holding people accountable. are you prepared to do any of that prior to the final report? you have not done

mr. brewer is not going to be criminally indicted.hen will asking about holding people accountable, we were asking about people who work for you. if you're managing style hands off or hands on? >> i think i have a hands on style. >> if you had a hand on style, have you read any of the wiretaps -- if you have a hands on style, have you read any of the wiretaps? >> i have not read them. >> we were told, this has been reported, that he was sick to the stomach, this was approved by the office. indications are your chief deputy new about this. it comes through a criminal division at some point. the question is, is it not appropriate that he know about these wiretaps so you can know what former atf director is new. these wiretaps are believed to be -- directors knew? these wiretaps are believed to be -- this should have stopped sooner. the office of criminal division knew or should have known. that is the thing we were asking about, holding people accountable. are you prepared to do any of that prior to the final report? you have not done a

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one of the president's sharpest republican critics, arizona governor jan brewer said at the white house today, she agrees with mr. obama's approach, one day after she endorsed republican mitt romney over santorum. >> and higher education is all tied together and that's what is going to keep the country great and i believe the president-- >> it appears that rick santorum agreed with the president on some of this in 2006. his senate campaign website that year listed a commitment to higher education. >> it did not seem that senator santorum was clear on where he heard the president say this, the president did say in the state of the union, he says that all people should be able to afford college, not necessarily attend college. bret. >> bret: ed henry live on the north lawn. thank you. for from that interview later. more deadly violence today in afghanistan over the burning of muslim religious materials. a suicide car bombing at an n.a.t.o. base in eastern afghanistan killed nine people today. all of them afghans, national security correspondent jennifer griffin reports on americans murdered since the koran inciden

that means now reporters can start asking that same jan brewer question to mitt romney. do i look illegal to you, mr. romney? he is running for office in case he runs away from you at speed once you say that. the polls in at least one of mitt romney home states, michigan, are heading in mitt romney's direction. he has six days to make up the lead on him in michigan. that happens next tuesday. based on movement in these polls and overall state of the race, it looks like mitt romney is the likeliest candidate to win the republican nomination. that said this campaign has shown up a lot of weaknesses in mitt romney. he's struggling against newt gingrich and rick santorum for pete's sake. nothing personal but barack obama is going to be a lot harder to beat than michele bachmann. if mitt romney is going to be the nominee, the biggest thing he can do to make up for his deficiencies as a candidate is probably the one decision a nominee gets to make before they're elected. that's a presidential caliber decision and that presidential caliber decision is picking a vice president. after this week in virginia,

when brewer said she felt threatened by mr.what were you afraid he'd do? steal your purse, unquote? it's already getting ugly. experts say the true impact of racism on voting is too difficult to measure. some say it will matter less in 2012 because people are focused on their own financial anxieties but rest assured, racism will be lurking throughout the shadows of this remaining campaign. how much of an issue will race be in the 2012 presidential election? go to cnn.com/ofity file and post a comment on my blog or on our facebook page, wolf? >>> five major contests down in the republican race for the white house but in many ways the race is only just beginning and there could be some big surprises before it's all over. less than 24 hours from now the candidates face off in minnesota and colorado caucuses and two key battleground states. along with a nonbinding primary in missouri where newt gingrich isn't even competing. on saturday, maine wraps up its caucuses which have been going on for days and at end of the month, february

by lanny brewer was against the policy that i had the deputy attorney general make clear to everybody at main justice and to the field. and to the extent that there is attention, the policy mr. cole laid out is the policy of the justice department and the thing that i support. >> i want to thank you, and i'm not going to ask any more questions. you've been very generous with your time. i want to reiterate one thing, and we can't undo everything said here. the effort was made for this to be narrowly fast and furious. i believe that two other committees, senate judiciary, house judiciary had each one time in which the primary reason for you being called was not normal oversight but related to fast and furious and the letter that followed. we believe we have one crack at it also, and we appreciate you coming three times to three separate committees. that we appreciate. in closing, i do believe there are people at main justice who ultimately do

brewer and her do not see eye to eye on policy issues. unfortunately between the two of them, because they're both powerful politicians. we saw that during mra's visit to phoenix when she confronted him and literally waived her finger up to her nose. i spoke to someone close to the governor. and she told me because it was a social event, she had other things to do. she didn't feel like she needed to be there. but this person tells me it doesn't have anything to do with it. >> let's talk about the relationship. i talk to folks in arizona. they like the governor. they like the fact that she has a different position on immigration than the president does. but do we think as long as you have attention or talk about these two and their relationship, does it help or does it hurt president obama? >> certainly when it comes to immigration they're not going to see eye to eye. when it comes to a lot of policy positions they're not going to see eye to eye. yesterday she came out. no surprise. she gave an endorsement no the republican. she gave it to mitt romney. what's interesting about that for mitt romney now, suzanne, is that having her endorsement

mr. president, i'm proud of that difference. we are a special people with a distinctive place in the american mosaic. i would like to offer my congratulations to our governor, jan brewer, to my arizona colleagues in the house and senate, to my constituents throughout our state on this historic centennial anniversary. mr. president, i'd notice the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. mccain: i ask consent further proceedings under the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. mccain: mr. president, it is my distinct privilege to speak along with my -- mr. president -- the presiding officer: the senior senator from arizona is recognized. mr. mccain: i ask unanimous consent that speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. mccain: i thank you, mr. president. it is my distinct privilege to join with my beloved friend, jon kyl to speak in honor of the centennial anniversary of arizona's statehood. 100 years ago on february 14, 1912, the state of arizona was officially admitted to the union, effectively completing the contiguous lower

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