March 24, 2009 the former porn lawyer appeared in the James Brady Press Room at the White House along with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to brief reporters on "new" actions being taken by the DOJ to "fight the cartels."
The president has directed us to take action to fight these cartels ... and Attorney General Holder and I are taking several new and aggressive steps as part of the administration's comprehensive plan.
DOJ's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is increasing its efforts by adding 37 new employees in three new offices, using $10 million in Recovery Act funds and redeploying 100 personnel to the Southwest border in the next 45 days to fortify its Project Gunrunner which is aimed at disrupting arms trafficking between the United States and Mexico.
