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Breaking : Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77
Breitbart ^
| February 07, 2010
| Breitbart
Posted on 02/08/2010 12:08:53 PM PST by RobinMasters
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - 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.
Murtha voted in 2002 to authorize President George W. Bush to use military force in Iraq, but Murtha's growing frustration over the administration's handling of the war prompted him in November 2005 to call for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops.
"The war in Iraq is not going as advertised. It is a flawed policy wrapped in illusion," he said.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 111th; alreadyposted; arlingtonva; exmarine; marine; murtha
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To: RobinMasters
Can’t crap on the country anymore!
To: knarf
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posted on
02/08/2010 12:10:36 PM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Iran should have ceased to exist Nov 5, 1979, but we had no president then either.)
To: RobinMasters
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posted on
02/08/2010 12:10:38 PM PST
by
The Sons of Liberty
(Pork Eating CRUSADER - FUBO! Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
To: RobinMasters; All
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posted on
02/08/2010 12:10:41 PM PST
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: RobinMasters
God will be asking some tough question of him about now.
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posted on
02/08/2010 12:10:44 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
("The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples' money" Lady Thatcher)
To: RobinMasters
Wow, the posts here are sparse. I guess if you have nothing good to say about anybody after they died...
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posted on
02/08/2010 12:11:07 PM PST
by
TypeZoNegative
(Pro life & Vegan because I respect all life, Republican because our enemies don't respect ours.)
To: RobinMasters
To: musicman
Pray that he had made peace with God.
To: RobinMasters
Will Diane Ivey run again ???
To: RobinMasters
To all MARINES . . .
At Ease !!!!!
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posted on
02/08/2010 12:12:06 PM PST
by
lionheart 247365
(-:{ GLEN BECK is 0bama's TRANSPARENCY CZAR }:-)
To: RobinMasters
There are two other threads on this already.
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posted on
02/08/2010 12:12:07 PM PST
by
American Quilter
(In mourning over Pete Carroll's defection to the Seahawks. USC Trojans--fight on!)
To: RobinMasters
Hopefully PA does a special election not a Governor appointment.
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posted on
02/08/2010 12:12:28 PM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Iran should have ceased to exist Nov 5, 1979, but we had no president then either.)
To: RobinMasters
And he never apologized to those honorable men he besmirched.
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posted on
02/08/2010 12:12:34 PM PST
by
Jemian
To: Tennessee Nana
To: outhousepatrol
Let’s not be like them...RIP, Mr. Murtha..We thank you for your military Service to this Country. Although he lost his way later on, that can never be forgotten.
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posted on
02/08/2010 12:12:35 PM PST
by
Hildy
To: RobinMasters
May he rot in hell for an eternity.
To: RobinMasters
To democraps this will be all about missing another vote for health care...
OK so what’s the deal in PA? Replaced by appointment? Special election? what...?
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posted on
02/08/2010 12:12:56 PM PST
by
Mr. K
(This administration IS WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY!)
To: RobinMasters
Heb 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
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posted on
02/08/2010 12:13:00 PM PST
by
fortheDeclaration
("Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people".-John Adams)
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