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ATF director to resign
The acting director of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is poised to step down because of a controversial operation that allowed the sale of weapons to suspected agents of Mexican drug cartels, according to sources inside the agency. At a House hearing last week, internal government documents showed that the ATF's Kenneth E. Melson was closely involved in overseeing the controversial operation.

Melson became acting director in April 2009 and remains in place because of political opposition to the proposed permanent director. President Obama has nominated Andrew Traver, who heads the ATF's Chicago field office, but the National Rifle Assn. and other gun rights groups have held up his confirmation.
Related background story on Andrew Traver here.
Better not let the Senate go into recess; Champ will do a recess appointment to put Traver in place.
"Melson is out," one source said. "Traver is flying into Washington to meet with the Justice Department. The administration still favors him because he will do what the Department of Justice instructs him to do." But the source said that Traver, although close to Obama through their Chicago connections, does not have "the rank and file" support from agents around the country.
Posted by: 2011-06-21
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