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Congressman Pete King

Representing the 2nd District of New York

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Apr 18, 2012 In The News

Here's a recipe for disaster: Colombian hookers mixed with President Obama’s schedule and a Secret Service agent’s BlackBerry.

Apr 18, 2012 In The News

WASHINGTON—U.S. lawmakers investigating an alleged Secret Service prostitution scandal said Tuesday that up to 20 women were brought back to a Colombian hotel in apparent violation of security rules prior to a regional presidential summit.

Apr 17, 2012 In The News

The nation's top general publicly tried to wipe the egg off his face in the Colombian prostitution scandal, saying some members of the military and the Secret Service let Obama down.

Apr 17, 2012 In The News

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is defending the head of the Secret Service in the Colombian incident involving agents and prostitutes.

Congressman Peter King says this is no time to oust agency director Mark Sullivan, based on what is known so far about the recall of 11 agents from Colombia.

Apr 16, 2012 In The News

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – President Barack Obama says he expects the investigation of Secret Service misconduct in Colombia to be thorough and rigorous, and says he will “be angry” if the allegations turn out to be true.

Apr 16, 2012 In The News

In the dingy Colombian love club where locals say President Obama’s Secret Service agents picked up a harem of hookers, scantily clad women do dirty dances and brazenly sell their bodies.

Small black tables covering a dimly lit dance floor at the Pley Club in a low-rent district of Cartagena were filled Sunday night mostly with tourists.

Apr 14, 2012 In The News

Most of the Secret Service agents embroiled in a prostitution scandal brought women back to their Colombia hotel rooms before President Obama arrived in town for an international summit, Rep. Pete King said Saturday.

King said the raunchy rendezvous involved 11 agents and went sour when an agent refused to pay one of the women, who were presumed to be hookers.

Apr 14, 2012 In The News

CARTAGENA, Colombia—The Secret Service put 11 agents on administrative leave Saturday amid allegations they brought prostitutes back to their hotel rooms while preparing for a visit by President Barack Obama, a widening scandal that may also involve five military service personnel, officials said Saturday.

Apr 13, 2012 In The News

Terror attacks on Christian holidays have become commonplace in Nigeria, but the violence this Easter illustrates how deadly and widespread the threat has become.

Apr 10, 2012 In The News

Al Qaeda's many-headed media beast is back at it — a bomb-making expert has published a new e-magazine providing how-to info for would-be terrorists.