Walter Jones, 'freedom fries' congressman who became Iraq War critic, dies at 76

[The Patriot]

Walter Jones, 'freedom fries' congressman who became Iraq War critic, dies at 76

02-10-2019 03:46 PM

Walter B. Jones Jr., a North Carolina congressman who so enthusiastically supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq that he argued for the french fries served in House cafeterias to be called "freedom fries" in a jab at the war-opposing French — but who later underwent a dramatic change of heart and criticized the war, died Sunday on his 76th birthday.


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