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Topic: Peter King, R-N.Y.

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y. takes part in a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 14, 2011, to stitch the National 9/11 flag. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg) (Harry Hamburg)

At UK terror inquiry, Rep. King defends IRA terror

FILE - This undated file photo obtained by The Associated Press shows Bradley Manning, the U.S. Army private suspected of being the source of some of the unauthorized classified information disclosed on the WikiLeaks website. Manning's civilian attorney David Coombs said Wednesday, March 2, 2011, that the new charges announced by the military are not unexpected. The 22 new charges include "aiding the enemy," which is a capital offense although prosecutors say they won't seek the death penalty. (AP Photo, File) (AP)

Karen J. Greenberg

Rep. Peter King, of New York's 3rd congressional district

U.S. lawmaker supporting terrorist group?

Marian Wang - ProPublica

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, arrives to begin hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 10, 2011. Under heightened security, King opened hearings into Islamic radicalization in America, dismissing what he called the "rage and hysteria" surrounding the hearings. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (Associated Press)

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Peter King

In this June, 2007 file photo, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., left, listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The wreckage of the World Trade Center still smoldered when George W. Bush rose to demand that American Muslims not be blamed or mistreated. "Islam is peace," the president declared. But a decade later, doubts and suspicions persist. New York Rep. Peter King is provocatively forcing the issue with congressional hearings, starting Thursday. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) (AP)

Adam Clark Estes

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FILE - House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Feb. 16, 2011 file photo. A coalition of over 100 interfaith, nonprofit and governmental organizations plans to rally in New York City Sunday March 6, 2011 against a planned congressional hearing scheduled by U.S. Rep. Peter J. King of New York on Muslims' role in homegrown terrorism. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) (AP)

Eileen Sullivan

FILE - House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Feb. 16, 2011 file photo. A coalition of over 100 interfaith, nonprofit and governmental organizations plans to rally in New York City Sunday March 6, 2011 against a planned congressional hearing scheduled by U.S. Rep. Peter J. King of New York on Muslims' role in homegrown terrorism. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) (AP)

Glenn Beck and Peter King

King's Islam hearings: For people scared of Sharia

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y.

Peter King promises to be polite at HUAC hearings

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Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer

"Radicalization" hearings lose anti-jihadi support

Members of Congress and staff members observe a moment of silence for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and other shooting victims, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, on the East Steps of the Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington. Giffords was shot Saturday in a Tucson shooting rampage that left six people dead. Pictured from ninth left to right: Wilson Livingood, Sergeant at Arms, U.S. House of Representatives; Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C.; Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo.; Steve Lawrence, chief of staff to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif.; Barry Jackson chief of staff to House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio; Del. Madeleine Bordallo, D-Guam; Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga.; and Senate Sergeant at Arms Terry Gainer. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

Rep. Peter King. Inset: Jared Loughner

A police investigator walks past the wreckage of a 1993 IRA bombing that injured 14 civilians and five policemen. Right: Rep. Peter King on Capitol Hill Sept. 14, 1999.

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Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) and Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)

Weiner wins media cycle with House rant

Glenn Greenwald

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