John Kline
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Category: Minnesota Republicans
John Kline is a Republican Congressman from the 2nd district of Minnesota. He was an officer in the United States Marine Corps from 1969-1994. He tried and failed to run for Congress in 1998 and 2000, before finally suceeding in 2002.
He is being challenged by former Minneapolis FBI agent Coleen Rowley, see Minnesota U.S. House election, 2006
Haditha Incident
- One of the Marines who was charged in the Haditha incident named Kline in a defamation lawsuit. Kline had said "'There is no question that the Marines involved, those doing the shooting, they were busy in lying about it and covering it up — there is no question about it,' Kline said." (LA Times, May 27, 2006). Kline was dropped from the lawsuit after apologizing. (Source: Glenn Greenwald).