By Antonio D. French
Filed Thursday, February 16 at 1:36 PM
Russ Carnahan, the first-term Democratic Congressman from south St. Louis, has been appointed to the prestigious House International Relations Committee. He's replacing Robert Menendez (D-NJ) who was appointed in January to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate.
The IR Committee deals with issues of terrorism and global security. Carnahan is running for re-election this year, but has no announced opposition yet.
UPDATE: Carnahan beat out second-term Congresswoman Linda Sánchez (D-CA) for the committee seat. The Congressional Hispanic Caucus had been pressing House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (also from California) hard to appoint Sánchez. According to The Hill newspaper, what probably did her in was that fact that 8 of the 22 Democrats on the panel, including ranking Democrat Tom Lantos, hail from California. Carnahan is only the 3rd Midwestern Democrat.
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