Obama to Hold IRS Staff ‘Fully Accountable’
Posted on AllSides May 13th, 2013
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President Barack Obama said if any Internal Revenue Service staff targeted groups based on their political leanings, they would be held “fully accountable for their actions.
“If in fact IRS personnel engaged in the kind of practices that have been reported on, and were intentionally targeting conservative groups, then thats outrageous, Mr. Obama said, in his first public remarks on the issue. He made the remarks in a press conference with U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron.
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