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Rep. John P. Murtha (D-PA 12): 1932 – 2010

Published on February 8, 2010 By spyderkl

John P. (Jack) Murtha, the longest-serving U.S. Representative from PA, died yesterday following complications from a gall bladder infection. Murtha represented a small, poor district in western PA for 44 years. He was also Chairman of the House defense appropriations subcommittee, an outspoken critic of the war in Iraq, and a Vietnam veteran who often [...]