Murtha has stuck a fork in Bush-Cheney....they are done:
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm..._murtha18.html
<b>Emotional statement</b>
As he spoke to reporters, Murtha frequently choked back tears, describing his weekly visits to Walter Reed Army Medical Center as a big part of why he was taking such a controversial stand.
Murtha, who won a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts in Vietnam, said he visited one young man who had lost both hands and was left blind by "friendly fire."
"I was praising him, saying how proud we were of him and how much we appreciate his service to the country. 'Anything I can do for you?' <b>His mother said, 'Get him a Purple Heart.' "</b>
Because he had not been injured by the enemy, the military had said he did not qualify for the honor.
"I met with the commandant. <b>I said, 'If you don't give him a Purple Heart, I'll give him one of mine,'</b> " Murtha said. "And they gave him a Purple Heart."
Murtha is known as a friend and champion of officers at the Pentagon and in the war zone. It is widely believed in Congress that he often speaks for those in uniform and could be echoing what U.S. commanders in the field and in the Pentagon are saying privately about the conflict............
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