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By John Mulligan

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Rep. James R. Langevin was named Thursday to become chairman of a subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee that is responsible for the nation's strategic missiles and related forces.

Langevin will replace the departing Rep. Ellen Tauscher, a California Democrat, as the chairman of the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces. President Obama recent named Tauscher to be Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.

Democrat Langevin is a longtime member of the full Armed Services Committee. This will be his first chairmanship of a subcommittee on the panel. He previously had served as chairman of a subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee.

"It is an honor to be chosen by my colleagues to continue the great work of my colleague Ellen Tauscher," said Langevin in a statement. "I look forward to addressing the critical national security issues facing the subcommittee, from nuclear non-proliferation efforts to our space and missile defense programs."

The Strategic Forces Subcommittee has jurisdiction over ballistic missile defense including the National Missile Defense shield; the Department of Energy's defense capabilities and all nuclear weapons; space programs; and intelligence policy and national programs including the Defense Intelligence Agency

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