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Emotions Dominate Congressional Panel's Muslim Hearing

By Sharon WeinbergerMar 10th 2011 – 2:50PM

WASHINGTON -- Do radicalized Muslims in America pose a unique threat to the country's security? This was the central question argued today at an emotionally charged hearing on the Hill. The hearing, headed by Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, has been at the center of a...

King: 'Rage and Hysteria' Over Hearing Unwarranted

Mar 10th 2011 – 11:45AM
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WASHINGTON - A congressional panel investigating homegrown terrorism in America displayed sharp divisions Thursday over how to frame the discussion, reflecting a country still struggling with how best to combat terrorism nearly a decade after the Sept. 11 attacks. Homegrown terrorism is on the rise in the United States,...

Opinion: Getting Clear on Rep. King's Muslim Hearings

Mar 10th 2011 – 7:00AM

Rep. Peter King's congressional hearings Thursday on the radicalization of American Muslims reminds me of the TV commercial, "There's clear, then there's Claritin clear." My eyes are not itchy and my nose isn't running, but my mind is foggy about the true goals and objectives of these hearings. This is what I mean. The...

White House Praises Muslims Ahead of House Hearing

Mar 6th 2011 – 6:08PM

STERLING, Va. -- Muslim Americans are not part of the terrorism problem facing the U.S. - they are part of the solution, a top White House official said Sunday at a Washington-area mosque. Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough set the Obama administration's tone for discussions as tensions escalate before the...

Congress to Hold Hearing on American Muslims; Protest Planned

Mar 6th 2011 – 10:16AM

WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says affiliates of al-Qaida are radicalizing some American Muslims and that he plans to hold hearings on the threat they pose to the U.S. Republican Rep. Peter King of New York tells CNN's "State of the Union" that he sees an international movement with...

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WATCH: Rep. King Says NYPD Doesn't Racially Profile Muslims

May 14th 2012 - 10:59AM

Representative Peter King (R-NY) said Monday during an appearance on CNN's Starting Point with Soledad O'Brien that "there is no racial profiling" by the New York Police Department.

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Peter King Refuses To Meet With Prostitute Involved In Secret Service Scandal

May 14th 2012 - 08:21AM

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is refusing to meet with a Colombian prostitute involved in the U.S. Secret Service scandal.

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Secret Service Agent Involved In Prostitution Scandal Failed Polygraph

By The Huffington Post News Editors May 04th 2012 - 03:39PM

A key House chairman says one of the Secret Service agents accused of wrongdoing in the Colombia prostitution scandal failed a lie detector test.

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Secret Service Scandal: Peter King Says Three More Employees Out

By The Huffington Post News Editors Apr 24th 2012 - 05:53PM

A Republican lawmaker says three Secret Service employees are being forced out of the agency and two others have been cleared of serious misconduct in the agency's investigation into the prostitution scandal in Colombia.

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Secret Service Scandal: Congressional Committees Expanding Investigation

By The Huffington Post News Editors Apr 23rd 2012 - 08:55AM

Congressional committees are widening their investigations into an alleged U.S. Secret Service scandal involving prostitutes in Colombia ahead of a recent trip there by President Barack Obama.

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  • 05/30/12 The Post published Majestic King pips Prideaux in a... Source: Evening Post - Bristol - Avon - UK PETER King scored a marginal win over Simon Prideaux in the North Somerset club's hour-long timed and observation trial at Ubley Drove, near Charterhouse-on-Mendip.
  • 05/30/12 Peter King Rejects Your Smart Science People Diet Source: Kissing Suzy Kolber When we last left Mr. I Don't Know, Peter King, he was copying and pasting the transcript of a bunch of college commencement speeches into his weekly football column.
  • 05/30/12 Coming Soon To A Theater Near You: “Wag The Dog II” Source: KNUS 710 - Denver CO Buried in the back pages of the Friday newspapers (May 25th) lay a story of Obama Administration efforts to play up the elimination of Osama Bin Laden for political purposes and the suspected compromise of certain national security secrets by Administration officials, cavalierly attempting to gain partisan advantage in advance of the November election.
  • 05/24/12 India Ink: Proposed Law Would Limit International... Source: The New York Times - New York NY A California lawmaker is proposing to limit the number of international and out-of-state students who can enroll at University of California campuses.
  • 05/24/12 Rep. King: CIA, Pentagon, too close to filmmakers Source: Product Design and Development A House committee chairman charged Wednesday that the CIA and Defense Department jeopardized national security by cooperating too closely with filmmakers producing a movie on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

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