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JUDY WOODRUFF (Newshour): Two top government officials have stepped down in the wake of an internal report that cites Justice Department failings in a probe of illegal gun sales in the Southwest.
It was the latest turn in a story that's provoked a confrontation between congressional Republicans and Attorney General Eric Holder.
Jeffrey Brown reports.
JEFFREY BROWN (Newshour): The report faulted the department for errors in judgment and management failures in Operation Fast and Furious. In the 471-page report, Inspector General Michael Horowitz referred 14 people, including senior official Lanny Breuer, for possible disciplinary action.
The report found no evidence that Attorney General Eric Holder was informed of the operation before the scandal broke. That happened after the shooting death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in December 2010.
The report said lower-level officials should have briefed Holder on the situation earlier on.
For more on the findings, we're joined by Evan Perez, who covers the Justice Department for The Wall Street Journal.
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