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- ↑ Noam Cohen (March 9, 2011). "When Peter King, Er, Sean Cross, Saved the Day". The New York Times . Retrieved March 26, 2013.
- ↑ "N.Y. Rep. King Criticizes Muslim Leaders", Associated Press in The Washington Post , Sunday, March 7, 2004.
- ↑ John McCaslin, "Wheelchair Derby", The Washington Times , August 10, 2004.
- 1 2 Noam Cohen, "When Peter King, Er, Sean Cross, Saved the Day", The New York Times , March 11, 2011.
- ↑ Terry Golway, "From King's Pen, A Novel of Terror", The New York Observer , August 11, 2003.
- ↑ Michelle Goldberg, "The 'Hero' of the War on Terror ", The Nation , February 28, 2011.
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