Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), shown in 2007, was an outspoken critic of the Iraq war. ( Alex Wong / Getty Images for "Meet the Press" ) Reporting from Washington - John Murtha, the Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania and decorated former Marine whose fierce opposition to the Iraq war helped catalyze public sentiment against the conflict, died Monday.

The Nation -- Pennsylvania Congressman John Murtha, the old soldier who looked like and in so many ways was a member of the Democratic establishment of another time, broke with the leadership of his own party and the opposition Republicans at a critical point in 2005 and said it was time to bring the troops home from Iraq.

Rep. John Murtha, a retired Marine Corps officer who became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Rep. John Murtha, a retired Marine Corps officer who became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 77.

Congressman politician John Patrick “Jack” Murtha, Jr. commonly known as John Murtha from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania died of surgery complications at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., today. He was admitted in the hospital for a gallbladder problem on the second of February this year. Murtha was an influential Iraq war critic and [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "John Murtha ...

HARRISBURG, Pa.—Rep. John Murtha, a retired Marine Corps officer who became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday.

Rep. John Murtha, a Pennsylvania powerhouse for 36 years in Congress and early ally for Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her rise to the top of the House, died Monday afternoon due to complications from recent surgery.