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...Austin remains hospitalised but is expected to make a full recovery, according to a statement from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Trauma medical director Dr John Maddox and Murtha Cancer Center...
...Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport in Johnstown Pennsylvania Violent protest A serviceman of the Russian National Guard beats a protester during a rally against planned increases to the nationwide...
...“Don’t think Nancy’s from San Francisco,” a longtime colleague, the late Pennsylvania congressman John Murtha, once said. “She’s from Baltimore.”...
...Despite Mr Murtha’s long tenure, the result was not a foregone conclusion – the district voted (narrowly) for John McCain in 2008....
...His message is striking a chord with voters, and Democrats are facing the prospect of losing the May 18 special election to replace John Murtha, who died in February, for the final eight months of his term...
...However, in some good news for the Democrats, they held onto the Pennsylvania House seat held by the late John Murtha for 36 years....
...John Murtha, a US congressman and former marine who delighted in bringing defence dollars back to his district, but who became a rallying figure for the anti-war movement, died on Monday at the age of 77...
...In one of the most surprising results, Democrats easily retained the Pennsylvania House seat held by the late John Murtha for 36 years....
...In a further twist, analysts believe Boeing’s case could be helped by the appointment of Democrat Norm Dicks to chair the House Appropriations Committee after the death of fellow Democrat John Murtha....
...Since then, resignations and the death of one member, Democrat John Murtha, mean Ms Pelosi must cajole at least four of the 39 Democrats who previously voted against the measure to support reform....
...She made a clumsy early move when she tried and failed to oust Mr Hoyer and install her ally John Murtha, who died last month. Ms Pelosi and Mr Hoyer have since buried the hatchet, in public at least....
...These include the Montana seat occupied by Ike Skelton, chairman of the House armed services committee, and the Pennsylvania district of John Murtha, who heads the defence appropriations subcommittee....
...John Murtha, the top lawmaker on the House appropriations subcommittee on defence, said the recommendations were an “important first step” but stressed that his committee would “carefully review” the plan...
...Separately, on Tuesday, John Murtha, the senior Democrat on the House defence appropriations committee, told the Associated Press that 600,000 troops would be needed to extinguish violence in Afghanistan...
...The Obama effect was repeated across Pennsylvania, with John Murtha, another congressman, also winning a very tight race in the southwest of the state....
...John Murtha, Democratic chairman of the defence appropriations subcommittee, also warned that Congress could block the purchase of the 179 tankers, saying “political implications are important”....
...But John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, faces a moral dilemma. Murtha Airport is just the kind of expensive pet project that McCain has promised to eliminate if elected....
...“If it came to the floor today it wouldn’t pass,” said Representative John Murtha, an influential Democratic legislator, at a press conference on Wednesday with four other Democrats who also called on Ms...
...But John Murtha, the top Democrat on the appropriations military subcommittee, who has been a fierce critic of the Bush administration, suggested that the Democratic leadership might be willing to compromise...
...John Murtha, a Democratic House leader, said lawmakers would be able to “stop the surge” in its tracks by requiring that new troops sent to the field be fully equipped and trained....
...Nancy Pelosi, incoming Democratic Speaker of the House, came under fire from an ethics watchdog on Monday following her endorsement of John Murtha to the number two leadership post in the new Congress....
...In contrast to Mr McCain, however, Democrats, such as John Murtha, the former marine who is running for House majority leader, have argued that the US should pull out immediately....
...He defeated John Murtha, the outspoken critic of the war in Iraq, whom she had backed in the race....
...John Murtha, a former marine and influential Democrat in the House of Representatives, earlier this year accused the military of a cover-up by not opening an investigation until approached by Time magazine...
...Mrs Pelosi was accused of using strong-arm tactics to see John Murtha, a loyal ally and outspoken critic of the Iraq war, elected majority leader....
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