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Pelosi Taps Silvestre Reyes to Chair House Intel Committee

HeadlineDec 04, 2006

On Capitol Hill, incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has named Silvestre Reyes to be the next chair of the House Intelligence Committee. By naming Reyes, Pelosi passed over the panel’s top Democrat, Jane Harman. Reyes opposed the war in Iraq. He has also accused President Bush of ignoring the Fourth Amendment by conducting warrantless surveillance of American citizens. Reyes fought in the Vietnam War and worked in the Border Patrol for 26 years. He will become the first Latino to chair the House Intelligence Committee and is just the seventh Latino to ever lead a full House committee.

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