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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 820034" data-attributes="member: 12952">Another Obama “I Just Didn’t Know” Moment&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Obama says he didn’t inform Mexico of U.S. gun smuggling operation because he didn’t know about itRichard Dunham,Bureau ChiefUnder&nbsp; fire for an operation that allowed smuggling of U.S. weapons across the&nbsp; nation’s border with Mexico, President Obama said in an interview that&nbsp; neither he nor Attorney General Eric Holder authorized the controversial&nbsp; “Operation Fast and Furious.”The Mexican government has complained that it didn’t know about the&nbsp; U.S. operation that allowed guns to illegally cross the southwestern&nbsp; border so they could track the weapons.Obama told Univision‘s Jorge Ramos that President Felipe Calderon&nbsp; wasn’t informed of the operation because he — the president of the&nbsp; United States — wasn’t informed either. When asked whether he knew of&nbsp; the weapon smuggling plan, Obama responded that it is “a pretty big&nbsp; government” with “a lot of moving parts.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 820034, member: 12952"] [B]Another Obama “I Just Didn’t Know” Moment[/B] [B]Obama says he didn’t inform Mexico of U.S. gun smuggling operation because he didn’t know about it Richard Dunham, Bureau Chief[/B] Under fire for an operation that allowed smuggling of U.S. weapons across the nation’s border with Mexico, President Obama said in an interview that neither he nor Attorney General Eric Holder authorized the controversial “Operation Fast and Furious.” The Mexican government has complained that it didn’t know about the U.S. operation that allowed guns to illegally cross the southwestern border so they could track the weapons. Obama told Univision‘s Jorge Ramos that President Felipe Calderon wasn’t informed of the operation because he — the president of the United States — wasn’t informed either. When asked whether he knew of the weapon smuggling plan, Obama responded that it is “a pretty big government” with “a lot of moving parts.” [/QUOTE]

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