Jill Jackson

Jill Jackson

@jacksonjk Capitol Hill Producer
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RT @SharylAttkisson: NOW: CBS Homeland Security IG Investigates Fast and Furious http://t.co/UqSVqMqe via @CBSNews

Homeland Security IG Investigates Fast and Furious

May 22, 2012 - cbsnews.com
CBS News has learned a second Inspector General (IG) is investigating Operation Fast and Furious: Homeland Security. As CBS News previously reported, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had special agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) assigned to Fast and Furious, which was run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) out of Phoenix, Ariz. During that case and similar weapons trafficking operations, ATF allowed thousands of weapons to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. The idea was to capture the "big fish" in a cartel. The strategy was called to an abrupt halt after it was publicly exposed. Two weapons from Fast and Furious were used in the murder of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in December 2010. Investigative ... Continue reading →
RT @CNHorn: Obama on Bain: "This issue is not a - quote - distraction."
GOP leaders pressure Holder to cooperate on Fast and Furious- investigation- http://t.co/6irOSbB2
President Obama has threatened to veto the defense bill http://t.co/mJrXktWh
House passes defense bill authorizing funding for the military and defense priorities including the war in Afghanistan for FY 2013 299-120
Gohmert amendment passes making clear U.S. citizens detained as suspected terrorists get habeas corpus 243-173.
Smith-Amash amendment that would bar federal government from detaining terrorist suspects in U-S defeated 238-182.
House and Senate have to hash out differences on Violence Against Women Act over protections for immigrants, gays + transgendered Americans
RT @KateBolduan: House passes GOP version of #VAWA. 222-205. Fight is far from over though. WH already issued veto threat against this bill.
Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) recounts sexual assault in light of Violence Against Women reauthorization- http://t.co/VO5GdKiM

Congresswoman recounts sexual assault

May 16, 2012 - cbsnews.com
Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) shared her own experience as a victim of sexual assault on Wednesday, speaking emotionally in support of the Violence Against Women Act. Continue reading →
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