Michigan Rep. Peter Hoekstra, a Republican, will head the House Intelligence Committee, replacing Rep. Porter J. Goss (R-Fla.), who has been nominated to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert announced.
Hastert said Hoekstra was a good choice to lead the panel as Congress moved to act on overhauling U.S. intelligence agencies following a critical report by the Sept. 11 commission, which investigated the attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center.
