U.S. Firearms Agency Chief Leaves After Criticism on Illegal-Guns Strategy

Kenneth Melson, the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, was reassigned after lawmakers criticized his department for a program that allowed illegal gun purchases in the U.S. in an effort to link the weapons to Mexican drug cartels. Melson will become a senior ...

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