Democrat Murtha Wants House Majority Post
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From Times Wire Reports
Rep. John P. Murtha, a 16-term Pennsylvania Democrat known for his close ties to the military and his outspoken opposition to the war in Iraq, will run for House majority leader if Democrats win control of the chamber in November, he told Democratic colleagues.
Murtha, 73, wrote them a letter saying he would seek the post “if we prevail, as I hope and know we will, and return to the majority this next Congress.”
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