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Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war foe, dies at age 77

 
By The Associated Press   
Published: February 9, 2010

HARRISBURG, Pa. — 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.

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he was saddened to hear of the death of Rep. John Murtha. Obama on Monday said Murtha’s passion for service to his country was born during his military career and carried over to his congressional years.

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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.

He voted in 2002 to authorize to use military force in Iraq, but Murtha’s frustration over the 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,” Murtha said.

Murtha routinely drew the attention of ethical watchdogs with off-the-floor activities from his entanglement in the Abscam corruption probe three decades ago to the more recent scrutiny of the connection between special-interest spending known as earmarks and the raising of cash for campaigns.

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