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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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    Steve wrote...
    More than 75 Dems have voted
    June 28, 2012 12:39 pm
    the rest walked out.
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    Steve wrote...
    More than 15 Dems have sided with the Republicans
    June 28, 2012 12:39 pm
    .
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    The Conservative wrote...
    This is great news
    June 28, 2012 2:01 pm
    regarding Eric Withholder....now, if only we could get the BHO (read the socialistic, marxist manchild) out of the oval orifice... Better yet, hold BHO in contempt of the (legal) American people!
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    Minuteman wrote...
    The diffence between Bush's gun walking
    June 28, 2012 4:28 pm
    and Obama's fast and furious is that Bush's gunrunner used transmitters to track the guns..Obama just told the gun shop owners to let the strawbuyers buy and walk.
    Protect our borders and our communities
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    2cents wrote...
    Yep
    June 29, 2012 12:30 pm
    For those who don't get the implications, here it is on the spoon . . . Bush ended the operation when he discovered that it was unsuccesful and not so smart. Under Obama, the operation rekindled with DIFFERENT INTENT. It amounts to swindling Arizona and the US under the guise of security.
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    Steve wrote...
    Is it of any surprise
    June 29, 2012 12:46 pm
    that the DOJ won't prosecute it's head leader.
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    wrote...
    Get Real...........
    June 30, 2012 4:29 pm
    Holder has committed no crime - haven't you noticed that everything that happens on both sides is just politics - has nothing to do with democracy or liberty or who's right or who's wrong - just vote the party line and go along with those on your side of the fence - no one stands up for, or has the guts to speak up for what's right - like lemmings they just go along. For once we had a man the other day who refused to vote the party line and did what he knew was the right thing - Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.
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    Steve wrote...
    Diane, you are all over the board
    June 30, 2012 7:36 pm
    First of all what evidence is available shows a lot was done wrong under this Administration and instead of cooperating now he's hiding behind executive privilege. Now if you want to talk about party lines, yes we saw more than a dozen Democrats cross party lines and vote in favor of contempt. Your piece about Roberts is a whole different beast.
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    tf56 wrote...
    What the .......
    July 1, 2012 12:45 am
    holder allows guns in to mexico....nothing happens to him yesterday i was pulled over and given a ticket for dark window tint....
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    wrote...
    Fast and Furious
    July 1, 2012 7:30 am
    ..has turned from a screwup and coverup into a political action designed to affect the sheep that vote in elections. I am guessing that most of you reading this are thinking, "Baaahhh! Thats ridiculous. Baaahhh!" Time to vote is coming, loyal sheep!

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