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  • Congressman Apologizes for Remark Insulting Helen Thomas

    06/27/2006 10:36:28 AM PDT · by presidio9 · 47 replies · 1,700+ views
    An Iowa congressman has apologized for disparaging comments he made about a veteran White House correspondent. Republican Steve King was discussing the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi Saturday at the state Republican convention when he mentioned 85-year-old Helen Thomas. King said about Zarqawi, "There probably are not 72 virgins in the hell he's at." He went on to say, "And if there are, they probably all look like Helen Thomas." A spokeswoman for the two-term congressman says in an e-mail that King has apologized to Thomas. Thomas has covered the White House for nearly 50 years. She's currently...