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A recent Bangor Daily News editorial regarding civility in Congress reminds me of an incident of incivility in Congress five years ago, when Republican Rep. Jean Schmidt of Ohio accused Congressman Jack Murtha of Pennsylvania of being a "coward" and "cutting and running." She made the comments after Murtha called for all U.S. troops to be withdrawn from Iraq.
Murtha was a decorated combat veteran of the Vietnam War. He had seen war close up, and he knew that once troops are deeply engaged in a conflict that escalates to the point of no return, and withrising casualties, that it then became very difficult to disengage.See the full content of this document
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Civility and Service
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