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Wicker To Join Senate Armed Services Committee

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Friday, January 25th, 2008

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By Jen DiMascio Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) will join the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Senate Minority Leader said yesterday. Wicker, appointed to the Senate to replace Sen. Trent Lott, who retired to start a new lobbying firm, replaces Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), a relatively new addition to the committee. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, stressed the importance of the assignment. "It is rare for a freshman Senator to be appointed to the…

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