Lawmaker Returns Home, a Hawk Turned War Foe
Rep. Murtha's Letter To Bush On Iraq Went Unanswered For Five Months...
The New York Times DAVID S. CLOUD November 22, 2005 at 12:07 AM
The Representative
Representative John P. Murtha, the hawkish Democrat who spent his political career as a staunch Pentagon supporter, came home Monday as something entirely different: an antiwar symbol.
His call last week for an American troop withdrawal from Iraq within the next six months took aback many of his own constituents and made the plainspoken former Marine colonel's homecoming on Monday a moment for re-evaluation - of the congressman, as well as of the Bush administration's strategy for Iraq.
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The New York Times DAVID S. CLOUD November 22, 2005 at 12:07 AM
The Representative
Representative John P. Murtha, the hawkish Democrat who spent his political career as a staunch Pentagon supporter, came home Monday as something entirely different: an antiwar symbol.
His call last week for an American troop withdrawal from Iraq within the next six months took aback many of his own constituents and made the plainspoken former Marine colonel's homecoming on Monday a moment for re-evaluation - of the congressman, as well as of the Bush administration's strategy for Iraq.
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