From Talking Points Memo twitter:
BREAKING at TPM: Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) passed away this afternoon at the age of 77.
RIP.
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Matthew 10:34 - 10:36
Rep. Murtha Dead at 77
Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. John Murtha, the first veteran of the Vietnam war and one of the most powerful lawmakers in Congress, died Wednesday morning at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA, after complications from gallbladder surgery. Murtha was 77.
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Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. John Murtha, the first veteran of the Vietnam war and one of the most powerful lawmakers in Congress, died Wednesday morning at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA, after complications from gallbladder surgery. Murtha was 77.
A native of New Martinsville, W.Va., voters elected first elected Murtha to Congress in a 1974 special election that spelled impending doom for President Nixon and congressional Republicans. That fall, Democrats wrestled away 49 House seats from the GOP, reeling from the scourge of Watergate and a presidency in shambles.
Murtha rose to become the chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee that controls spending for the Pentagon. Chairs of the appropriations subcommittee panels are viewed with such prestige on Capitol Hill that they’re called “cardinals.” That’s a nod to Rome because of the eminence these lawmakers hold over spending for their federal fiefdom.
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"Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s enemies will be those of his own household."
Matthew 10:34 - 10:36
DAMN died from Gall Bladder surgery? That's a pretty common procedure!
"Lie down with Blue Dogs in the MIDDLE of the street and you get run over! "- Icky 8/17/09
I am very sorry to hear this news.
Either he was in bad shape or somebody messed up then.Originally Posted by KyndCulture
I shall quench my thirst with the blood of my enemies!
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I shall quench my thirst with the blood of my enemies!
Whoa! Wonder what went wrong.
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WASHINGTON—A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 77.
He had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery.
In 1974, Mr. Murtha became the first combat veteran of the Vietnam War elected to Congress. He wielded considerable clout for two decades as a leader of the House subcommittee that oversees Pentagon spending. But frustration over the Iraq war led him to call for an immediate pullout of U.S. troops in 2005.
Mr. Murtha's congressional career was clouded by questions about his ethics—from the Abscam corruption probe in 1980 to more recent investigations into the special-interest spending known as earmarks and the raising of cash for election campaigns.
"Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s enemies will be those of his own household."
Matthew 10:34 - 10:36
Very sad news indeed. He was one of our Troops greatest allies in Congress. He never forgot the troops and veterans come first and foremost. He'll be missed.
"Lie down with Blue Dogs in the MIDDLE of the street and you get run over! "- Icky 8/17/09
Very sad news. RIP.
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