John Murtha Dead, R.I.P
John Murtha Dead.
John Murtha, a longtime fixture on the House subcommittee that overseas pentagon spending, died Monday. He was 77.
According to the report, Murtha dead following compilations from gallbladder surgery.
He scheduled laparoscopic surgery to remove his gallbladder.
Murtha was hospitalized in December and had to postpone a hearing with Defense Secretary Robert Gates on the administration’s strategy in Afghanistan.
The congressman returned to work after a few days in the hospital and helped oversee final passage of the 2010 defense appropriations bill.
Murtha represented Pennsylvania’s 12th congressional district in the House since 1974, making him the chamber’s eighth most senior member. According to his biography on the House Web site, Murtha was the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress.
souce: CNN
