Humanas Emeritus

Well, I guess he’ll have to answer for his crimes through some higher authority than we mere mortals, now…

WASHINGTON — Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a gruff ex-Marine who used his immense power in military spending to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars to his hard-luck district and who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77.

He died in an Arlington, Va., hospital, where he was being treated for complications of gallbladder surgery, his office said. Rep. Murtha’s death came two days after he became the longest-serving congressman in Pennsylvania history.

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