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Take Two

Can Obama fix the beleaguered Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms?

By Take Two Staff
Published Dec 26, 2012
The seal of the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) 01 June 2007 in Washington, DC.
The seal of the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) 01 June 2007 in Washington, DC.
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Can Obama fix the beleaguered Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms?

Part of President Obama's plan to get tough on gun control involves the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, or ATF. The agency hasn't had a permanent director in six years, and now the president is urging Congress to change that.

For more on the beleaguered federal agency, we're joined by John Hudak, governance studies fellow at the Brookings Institution.