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Murtha: Military Supports Call for Iraq Withdrawal

NPR | By Melissa Block

Published December 1, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

In a Nov. 17, 2005, news conference, Rep. John Murtha urges a U.S. pullout from Iraq.

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