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John Patrick "Jack" Murtha, Jr. (; June 17, 1932 – February 8, 2010) was an American politician from the U.S.
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A California Democratic congressman is asking the Navy to name a ship after the late San Francisco lawmaker and gay activist Harvey Milk, but some of the strongest opposition appears to be from the gay community.
Rep. Bob Filner has written a letter to the heads of the Navy and Defense Department saying he "wholeheartedly" agrees with local efforts in San Francisco and his San Diego district to honor Milk, a Navy diver better known for his term as San Francisco city supervisor. Milk was gunned down in 1978 by a former city supervisor."This action would be a fitting tribute to Mr. Milk's support for equality, an ideal exemplified in the military's recent repeal of its former 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy," Filner also said in the widely reported letter to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.San Francisco and the rest of California continue to remember Milk's place in history as the state's first openly gay man elected to public office with the annual May 22 Harve...Pennsylvania Democrat Rep. John "Jack" Murtha was certainly controversial but for the people in his district he did what congressmen are supposed to do – which is, t...
Democratic lawmaker dies after surgery
Not a lot of lawmakers were in Washington on Monday due to the massive snowstorm that buried the region over the weekend. But that didn’t stop them from eulogizing t...
The financial scandal that dogged Rep. John Murtha until his death in February has reached a climatic point following the arrest Thursday of a former aide to the Pen...
SAN DIEGO — More than six years after Frank Wuterich led a squad that killed 24 Iraqis, including women and children, the 31-year-old Marine staff sergeant will stan...
John Murtha is no stranger to pay-to-play scandals
Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. John Murtha , the first veteran of the Vietnam war to enter Congress and one of the House's most powerful lawmakers, died Monday afterno...
Rep. John Murtha : A Beck case study
WASHINGTON -- Democratic Rep. John Murtha said Wednesday his home base of western Pennsylvania is racist and that could reduce Barack Obama's victory margin in the s...
Talk about hardball politics. Rep. John Murtha's opponent in the 2008 election claims the Pennsylvania congressman's chief of staff has threatened to have him recall...
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi eulogized Rep. John Murtha at his Pennsylvania funeral as a friend to men and women in the military, heading up a large congressional...
In a part of the country where coal reigns supreme and jobs are on the hearts and minds of most, the Republican candidate vying to succeed the late Rep. John Murtha ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even after death, John Murtha remains mired in controversy.On Tuesday, the FBI released hundreds of pages about the late congressman who came under...
Former President Bill Clinton lent his support to Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha Monday, as the Democratic congressman battles to keep his seat after 34 years in the ...
The Navy's decision to name a ship for the late Rep. John Murtha has outraged some critics who have not forgiven the Pennsylvania Democrat for accusing U.S. Marines ...
'Beloved' Democratic lawmaker passes away from surgery complications
"Redistricting and a broken, polarized Congress have made it tough to be a moderate in Congress."-- Rep. Mike Ross , D-Ark., the head of the Blue Dog Democrats in th...
Pennsylvania congressman dies at age 77
John Murtha will be remembered as on of the earliest (and certainly loudest) of the political voices calling for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq. Although initial...
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