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Controversy flares over US warship named for Murtha

Philip Ewing Navy Times 04/27/2010
Controversy flares over US warship named for Murtha

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised the Navy’s decision to name an amphibious warship after Rep. John Murtha, but the formal announcement Friday added fuel to an already smoldering backlash online.

John Murtha remembered at funeral as veterans' advocate

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Congressman John Murtha was remembered at his funeral Tuesday as a patriot, a fighter for his constituents and for veterans, a consummate politician and a family man able to separate work from his personal life.

Hundreds turn out for viewing of Murtha in W.Pa.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Hundreds of mourners braved light snow and bitter cold Sunday before slowly filing past the casket of late congressman John Murtha at a funeral home less than a mile from where he lived.

Rep. John Murtha, US defense appropriations chair, dies  at 77

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 afternoon at Virginia Hospital Center after complications from gallbladder surgery. Murtha was 77.

Murtha says White House erred on helicopter

KIMBERLY HEFLING AP 06/25/2009
Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha hospitalized with gallbladder problem

Washington (CNN) - U.S. Rep. John Murtha rested in a hospital Monday after being admitted the previous night due to abdominal pains caused by a gallbladder issue, his spokesman said.

Murtha says White House erred on helicopter

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of a powerful House subcommittee that funds the military said Wednesday he hopes at least some of the $3.2 billion spent for a new fleet of presidential helicopters can be salvaged.