WASHINGTON — Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a gruff ex-Marine who used his immense power in military spending to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars to his hard-luck district and who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, died Monday.
By David Stout New York Times , San Jose Mercury News: Politics
Mon, 02/08/2010 - 10:19pm
WASHINGTON — Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a gruff ex-Marine who used his immense power in military spending to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars to his hard-luck district and who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, died Monday.