No backing down after calling for troop withdrawal from Iraq."This is not a war of words. This is a real war where people are getting killed. [Also] fifteen thousand have been wounded, and half of them are desperately wounded." In a follow-up television appearance several clays after his call to bring the troops home, decorated dec·o·rate tr.v. dec·o·rat·ed, dec·o·rat·ing, dec·o·rates 1. To furnish, provide, or adorn with something ornamental; embellish. 2. Marine Corps veteran and current congressman John Murtha John Patrick “Jack” Murtha, Jr. (born 17 June 1932) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. A Democrat, Murtha has served in the United States House of Representatives since 1974, representing Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. (D-Pa.) intensified in·ten·si·fy v. in·ten·si·fied, in·ten·si·fy·ing, in·ten·si·fies v.tr. 1. To make intense or more intense: his demand that our forces exit Iraq. |
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