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WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department reports progress in settlement talks over a lawsuit by a House committee to get records involving the bungled gun-tracking program known as Operation Fast and Furious.

In a filing Tuesday, the department proposed postponing next week's court hearing because of the progress in talks with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The department said committee lawyers agreed.

Judge Amy Berman Jackson rescheduled the hearing to April 24.

The Justice Department said that the parties in the case believe that "further talks may be fruitful."

Next week's hearing was on the Justice Department's motion to dismiss the lawsuit. Fast and Furious was a Phoenix-based operation designed to track purchases by suspected low-level buyers on behalf of gun-smuggling kingpins, but agents lost track of about 1,400 guns.


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    The Conservative wrote...
    Who wants
    June 20, 2012 1:17 pm
    to see a corrupt AG in jail stripes? I DO! Who's with me?
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    Michoacan wrote...
    A fuss raised by Republicans purely to
    June 20, 2012 2:05 pm
    seek partisan political advantage. Of no real consequence otherwise.
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    Ma wrote...
    Michoc
    June 20, 2012 2:26 pm
    So...help me understand. You are OK with a President...Dem or Rep...who side steps congress to get what he wants? The current President has done just so in less than 7 days. Fo someone who supposedly taught Constitutional Law he shows great ignorance of the document and a total disrespect for those who wrote it.
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    The Conservative wrote...
    You know,
    June 20, 2012 2:45 pm
    abo/micho, your hero, obummer's the one who's seeking the (sic) "political advantage" here, and, you know it.
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    Michoacan wrote...
    Didn't say it was okay, Ma. Invoking executive
    June 20, 2012 2:51 pm
    privilege is not necessarily done to "get what he wants," as you claim. I merely note that Republicans fuss about executive privilege only when it's invoked by a Democratic president. Bush invoked it six times in his eight years for spurious reasons. Many of the Republicans complaining today saw no problem with it then. This reminds me, our own Arpaio shredded hundreds of documents and deleted thousands of e-mails after he had been court ordered to preserve them for trial. Many complaining about Holder's reticence are okay with Arpaio's stonewalling and obstruction of justice. Just sayin'....
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    Steve wrote...
    Another Obama double standard
    June 20, 2012 4:16 pm
    As a senator in 2007, Obama condemned the use of executive privilege by President George W. Bush, saying "there's been a tendency on the part of this administration to try to hide behind executive privilege every time there's something a little shaky that"s taking place."
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    Steve wrote...
    Instead of outrage we find some here
    June 20, 2012 4:18 pm
    that want to mitigate the facts presented and shy away by blaming Bush or trying to turn the story into a Bush era deal. Let's stick with what we have now, focus and discuss it instead of saying, "but Bush..."
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    Steve wrote...
    An you think Arpaio is corrupt
    June 20, 2012 4:19 pm
    Meet Eric Holder, top Prosecutor in the U.S. How sad that we have to witness this embarrassment just to get someone to comply and tell the truth.
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    Minuteman wrote...
    Your President just told "ALL"
    June 20, 2012 4:38 pm
    law enforcement that he doesn't give a rat's *ss about them and MIcho defend this cover up scandal. The Dems that side with this president must hate those that protect and serve.
    Protect our borders and our communities
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    Minuteman wrote...
    MIcho's own words
    June 20, 2012 4:43 pm
    "just political fuss" ... Tell that to Brian Terr's family when daddy doesn't come home and Obama knew this was gonna happen and is now covering it up to save face. Sad The President is an accomplice to murder..Cover up much there BO?
    Protect our borders and our communities

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