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House Minority Leader John Boehner has tapped Rep. Pete King (R-Long Island) for a slot on the intelligence committee — a move that is likely to put the outspoken security hawk on the sidelines for the 2010 GOP Senate primary in New York.
King, who has been considering a run, is already ranking member on the Homeland Security Committee and — as a representative of a New York City suburban district that suffered dozens of death in the Sept. 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks — is deeply interested in intelligence issues.
“Yes, it makes it much less likely I’m running for the Senate,” said King, who fills a slot vacated by John Kline (R-Minn.). “It’s a very important assignment for me. It’s very difficult to walk away from it.”
