
Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican

Bagpipers play Thursday as President Obama leaves a St. Patrick's Day lunch with (from the left) House Speaker John A. Boehner, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny and Rep. Peter T. King. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican and chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, confers Thursday with an aide during a hearing, "The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that Community's Response." He said it was the first in a series of such hearings. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

Rep. Peter T. King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, questions witnesses Abdirizak Bihi (left), director of the Somali Education and Social Advocacy Center, and Melvin Bledsoe, whose son converted to Islam during college and left for Yemen, during a hearing on the radicalization of Muslim Americans on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, March 10, 2011. (Drew Angerer/The Washington Times)

** FILE ** Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican and chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, opens hearings into Islamic radicalization on Thursday, March 10, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mr. King dismissed what he called the "rage and hysteria" surrounding the hearings. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Rep. Peter T. King
Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican, will examine al Qaeda's latest "dangerous tactic." (Associated Press)

** FILE ** Rep. Peter T. King, New York Republican, who is House Homeland Security Committee chairman, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)