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Transparency, accountability, honesty and integrity -- these are key words to describe what the American public deserves from public administrators. United States Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice are not exempt. In fact, of all cabinet level positions, the attorney general is expected to operate with the highest level of integrity. Attorney General Holder has failed our country in the now infamous Operation Fast and Furious.

As a the only member of the House Committee of Oversight and Government Reform (OGR) from Arizona, I have closely participated in the investigation of Holder, the DOJ and this operation, leading the charge for transparency and accountability. Despite the efforts of the Committee, Attorney General Holder has been evasive about facts, loose with the truth and obstructionist with information. Where there should be transparency, we have stonewalling. One DOJ attorney is even refusing to testify, instead pleading his F! ifth Amendment rights.

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