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Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., dies at 77

 
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:20 pm    Post subject: Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., dies at 77 Reply with quote
Vietnam veteran, lawmaker was an outspoken critic of the Iraq war

WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. John Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77.

The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. He died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., spokesman Matthew Mazonkey said.

In 1974 Murtha, then an officer in the Marine Reserves, became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress. One of Congress' most hawkish Democrats, he wielded considerable clout for two decades as the ranking Democrat on the House subcommittee that oversees Pentagon spending.


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