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Rep. John Murtha: lifelong hawk, military backer, brazen earmarker – Christian Science Monitor


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Rep. John Murtha: lifelong hawk, military backer, brazen earmarker
Christian Science Monitor
Murtha brushed off the criticism, especially that from those who had never visited his district nor seen the economic devastation there. “Jack Murtha was a
President's Statement on Rep. John Murtha's PassingFOXNews (blog)
Rep. John Murtha is deadUSA Today
John Murtha, US defense appropriations chair, diesReuters
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Jack Murtha, RIP – Economist (blog)

Jack Murtha, RIP
Economist (blog)
But it is located in the district of one of Congress's most unapologetic earmarkers: Democrat John Murtha. He died of complications following gallbladder

In Murtha’s District, Sadness And Fears For Future – KDKA

In Murtha's District, Sadness And Fears For Future
KDKA
John Murtha was "Jack" in these parts of Pennsylvania, where once-prosperous coal mines and steel mills dot the mountainsides.

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Remembering The ‘Murthquake’: When John Murtha Took On The Iraq War – Huffington Post (blog)

Remembering The 'Murthquake': When John Murtha Took On The Iraq War
Huffington Post (blog)
House Democrats and people like Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) got involved and he would say, 'I think we might get Jack Murtha against the war,'" said Isaacs.

Lung Cancer Alliance Statement on the Death of Congressman John Murtha – PR Newswire (press release)

Lung Cancer Alliance Statement on the Death of Congressman John Murtha
PR Newswire (press release)
Congressman Murtha, who chaired the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, will be extolled — and rightly so — as one of the greatest congressional
Governor Rendell: Pennsylvania Mourns Loss of Congressman MurthaPR Newswire (press release)
Statement of U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on the passing of PR Newswire (press release)

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Jack Murtha Dead At 77 – The Admonition (blog)

Jack Murtha Dead At 77
The Admonition (blog)
Here's a post from RedState that does not necessarily reflect my views in total of one Jack Murtha, but it comes mighty close. In his Meditation XVII,

Murtha dead at 77: Reaction – Washington Post (blog)

Murtha dead at 77: Reaction
Washington Post (blog)
I am deeply saddened to lose my dear friend and colleague Jack Murtha. He was a public servant in every sense of the word and his passing is a great loss to

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