Longtime Rep. John Murtha Dies at 77
Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), the longtime top Democrat on the Defense Appropriations subcommittee, has died at 77 years of age. Murtha, the subject of ethics
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Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), the longtime top Democrat on the Defense Appropriations subcommittee, has died at 77 years of age. Murtha, the subject of ethics queriesfor much of his career, was the first Vietnam veteran elected to Congress. A national security hawk, he lit a fire under many of his Democratic colleagues when he came out forcefully for withdrawing from Iraq in 2005.
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