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	In The News Friday, December 21, 2007 Iowa's King Campaigns for Thompson by By Bill Theobald Atlantic, Ia. - Fred Thompson has been accused of not being passionate enough in his bid for the Republican nomination for president. Rep. Steve King of Iowa, who joined the Thompson campaign bus tour on Thursday, will never face that charge. The outspoken King, one of the loudest critics in Congress of illegal immigration, provided a fiery vanguard for Thompson's campaign, giving stirring introductions for the candidate and escorting him around King's northwest Iowa congressional district. On the same day that King joined Thompson on the road, however, another prominent GOP House member well known for his strident stand on immigration, Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado, dropped out of the race and endorsed former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. King praised Tancredo for thrusting the immigration issue into the race, but said, "he and I disagree on who will carry that ball" from here.He said Thompson would enforce the rule of law. "I don't have that confidence in any of the other candidates," King said. In an interview outside the offices of the Denison newspaper, where Thompson was talking to editors, King said he spent months breaking down the positions of the GOP candidates and told no one, including his wife, in advance of his announcement on Monday that he was endorsing Thompson. King said issues involving abortion, gay marriage and immigration were ones he considered to be vital to the destiny of the country and it was Thompson's views on those that led to his choice of the actor and former Tennessee senator over Romney, his second choice."The destiny issues are what matters," King said. He said endorsing a candidate would cost him more than help him politically because all the other candidates would not be happy with him. "But for me to withhold my judgment from Iowans would be irresponsible," he said.   In The News Thursday, August 26, 2010 King: Vilsack makes false claims to push amnesty Congressman King, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration, challenges Agriculture Secretary’s Remarks on Amnesty full story>> Monday, August 23, 2010 King Urges Iowa Medical Board to Halt Congressman King: “The dispensation of RU-486 via telemedicine violates Iowa law and FDA protocols.” full story>> Make a Contribution Support Congressman Steve King Contribute Now>>