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By A. B. Stoddard
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Posted: 06/24/09 05:55 PM [ET] |
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Last week, when the news broke that Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) had been
offered the ambassadorship to Ireland in the Obama administration but
had turned it down five months ago, a friend e-mailed his wife a
picture of the ambassador’s residence in Dublin. Rosemary King and her
husband — the grandson of Irish immigrants who helped President Clinton
broker the Irish peace agreement — were all too familiar with the
mansion, located in Phoenix Park in the heart of the city. They have
had the chance to savor its elegance firsthand on three visits there
during some of the more than 30 trips King has taken to Ireland. King
counts “hundreds” of cousins living there and his daughter’s in-laws
live steps from the residence today — the idea of living there was
something right out of a dream. |
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