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.
The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. He died at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., spokesman Matthew Mazonkey said.
John Murtha was a horrible politician, but he was a dedicated Marine who served his country and went on to become the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress.
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