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Inhofe joins Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Associated Press - July 21, 2009 4:15 PM ET

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe has been appointed to the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky announced the appointment of Inhofe on Tuesday in Washington.

The Oklahoma Republican will fill the GOP vacancy on the committee left by former Sen. Norm Coleman of Minnesota. Inhofe will be the ranking member on the committee's East Asian and Pacific Affairs subcommittee.

Inhofe will remain as the ranking member of the Environmental and Public Works Committee and a senior member of the Armed Services Committee.

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