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"The full Murtha"
New September American Spectator Digs
Into Murtha’s Past,
Raises Ethical Questions, Ponders Current Uncharacteristic Behavior…
From
GrassrootsPA.com/blog:
The just-released September 2006 issue of
the American Spectator features “The Full Murtha,” a new story by
reporter David Holman. The article (which extensively quotes PA GOP
Chairman Robert Gleason) is well worth checking out.
While there is far too much to detail in a summary (you need to buy a
copy of the issue as it is not available online) here is a snippet
regarding Murtha’s recent uncharacteristic behavior and anti-war
activities:
Some commentators suspect that Murtha’s
recent volubility is an attempt to deflect attention from new ethical
problems. The Los Angeles Times reported in June 2005 that Murtha’s
brother, Robert C. “Kit” Murtha, is a Washington lobbyist whose firm,
KSA Consulting, reeled in more than $20 million for its defense
contractor clients from the House defense appropriations subcommittee.
Murtha is the ranking Democrat on that subcommittee, which he also
chaired six years before Democrats lost the House in 1994. KSA
directly lobbied Murtha’s office on behalf of these clients.
In the wake of the Times story, Roll Call
reported that the House Ethics Committee may investigate the KSA
matter. Ethics Committee staff director William O’Reilly would neither
confirm not deny any ongoing or potential investigations. After Murtha
called for withdrawal from Iraq last fall, Investor’s Business Daily
asked, “could Murtha have been thinking about a possible ethics
investigation when he decided to throw himself into the public
limelight last week?”
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