House Intelligence Chairman Mike Rogers Won't Seek Re-Election

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Mich., confirmed Friday that he will not seek re-election in November and is going to host a talk show on the Cumulus radio network starting next year.

Rogers made the announcement, which was the subject of rumors Thursday night, on WJR radio, a Detroit news/talk station that is one of the Cumulus network's 525 stations in 110 cities across the nation.

The congressman, now serving his seventh term, has been a frequent face on Sunday-morning talk shows in recent years and a go-to source for comment on national security issues.

According to the Detroit Free Press, the 50-year-old Rogers said Friday that his radio show will focus on conservative and national security issues. He made the case that the conservative voice "is missing" in the news media.

During his career in Congress, Rogers has been viewed as a strong supporter of House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

Boehner picked Rogers to be the Intelligence Committee's chairman in 2010 over Rep. Mac Thornberry of Texas, who remains the committee's second-ranking Republican.

Politico offers this background on Rogers: