The Senate has confirmed with bipartisan support President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the U.S. gun regulation agency.
Steve Dettelbach will be the first permanent head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives since 2015, and only the second Senate-confirmed ATF Director in the agency's history.
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