sold through fast and furious turned out through el paso texas in january 2010 making it the third known discovery in the u.s. of weapons lost in the program and the first outside of the border in the phoenix area. president obama was publicly asked about the operation for the first time by spanish tv network uni vision. >> there may be a situation where a serious mistake was made. if that was the case we will find out and hold somebody accountable. >> may 3rd eric holder testified before the house why youjude di committee. >> when did you first know about the program? >> i am not sure of the exact date but i probably heard about fast and furious for the first time in the last week. >> rewind to 2009 arms trafficking conference in mexico where holder delivered a speech not only acknowledging project gun runner but bragging about its expansion saying quote my department is committing 100 new atf personnel to the southwest