EU lawmakers back Briton King for security commissioner

A European Parliament committee endorsed Julian King on Tuesday as Britain's new member of the European Commission with responsibility for security, the committee chairman said. King's confirmation in office would now go to party leaders and be put to a parliamentary vote on Thursday, Claude Moraes, chair of the civil liberties committee told reporters. Despite questions over the role a British government nominee could play on an EU executive as Britain prepares to leave the bloc following June'