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...John Murtha, who died on Feb. 8 at 77, will be mourned in Congress because of the respect he commanded from his colleagues. We were honored to call him colleague; I was privileged to call him friend...
...Semper fidelis," the motto of the Marine Corps, in which Jack served proudly for 37 years, was the motto of his life. He loved his hometown, Johnstown, Pa.; his country; his wife Joyce; his children; and his grandchildren. Giant of the Congress, champion, hero: that was Jack Murtha...
...luxury jet fleet it uses for global jaunts, its leaders have stripped the four aircraft from next year's defense-spending bill after public outrage began to rear its head. "If the Department of Defense does not want these aircraft, they will be eliminated from the bill," Representative John Murtha, chairman of a House panel on defense appropriations, said late Monday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose staff has scrapped with the Air Force over planes for congressional delegations, concurred with Murtha's decision...
...choppers were slated to make their first takeoff from the White House lawn in 2012. But their cost has soared from an estimated $6.1 billion in 2005 to $13.4 billion today. "We're not going to pay $500 million for one helicopter. Period," Representative John Murtha, the Pennsylvania Democrat who chairs the House Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee, declared recently. At $480 million a piece - roughly the price of the 747s fitted as Air Force One - the choppers, part of Lockheed Martin's VH-71 program are "in deep trouble," Pentagon officials said on Tuesday. (See pictures of the Army...
Even the state's Republican governor speculated this year that a certain number of Pennsylvanians would never vote for a black president. That's the portion of the white vote Hillary Clinton once counted on to put her over the top in the primary here. Murtha's territory includes a portion of Pittsburgh's Allegheny County, though none of the city itself. Will such local voters hurt Obama today...