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Defense Stalwart Murtha Dies at 77
Wall Street Journal
Rep. John Murtha, the first Vietnam War combat veteran to serve in Congress and a powerful advocate for both the military and for the interests of his Pennsylvania district, died Monday at the age of 77....
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Rep. John Murtha dead at 77
USA Today
Rep. John Murtha, a decorated Vietnam combat veteran and critic of the Iraq war, died Monday of complications from gall bladder surgery. He was 77. The Pennsylvania lawmaker was the top Democrat on the panel that oversees Pentagon...
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Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., dies at 77
MSNBC
WASHINGTON - Rep. John Murtha, a retired Marine Corps officer who became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. The...
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John Murtha, defense appropriations chair, dies
Reuters
By Susan CornwellWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic Representative John Murtha, chairman of the House of Representatives defense appropriations subcommittee who exercised enormous influence on defense issues, died on Monday.Murtha, 77, died peacefully at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington with...
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John Murtha Dies
CBS News
(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Updated at 5:50 p.m. ET . Democratic Rep. John P. Murtha, who represented Pennsylvania's 12th district for 36 years, died today at the age of 77. He died in an Arlington, Va. hospital with his...
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A military hawk skilled in pork-barrel politics
Washington Post
Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), a Vietnam War veteran who staunchly supported military spending and became a master of pork-barrel politics, died Monday at Virginia Hospital Center. The 19-term lawmaker died from complications of gallbladder surgery. He was...