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"I spoke out and talked about the necessity for a timely and complete investigation. This investigation has led to the preferring of court martial charges against certain individuals and now the judicial process will move forward."

Funny, I do not recall murtha speaking out FOR a "timely and complete investigation" into the incident. What I recall is that he convicted them of murder in the court of public opinion from The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer which aired May 19, 2006, when he said, "they killed innocent civilians in cold blood."

Also from that program:
Murtha: When this thing's all over, you're going to see exactly what I've said to be true. That, there was an IED attack, it killed one marine, and then they overreacted and killed a number of civilians without anybody firing at them. That's what you're going to find out.

[Yep Johnny boy, it is turning out "exactly" the way YOU "said to be true." What a coincidence!]

BLITZER: The marines say they're still investigating. They don't know what happened yet. The pentagon says the same thing. How do you know what happened?

MURTHA: Wolf, you read the "Time" magazine articles. There are pictures, there are photos. You don't have to talk to the military about the proof. But you will see when the investigation is done that this was an overreaction by our troops

According to an article by the infamous Tim McGirk of Time on May 19, 2006:
In January, after Time presented military officials in Baghdad with the Iraqis' accounts of the Marines' actions, the U.S. opened its own investigation, interviewing 28 people, including the Marines, the families of the victims and local doctors. According to military officials, the inquiry acknowledged that, contrary to the military's initial report, the 15 civilians killed on Nov. 19 died at the hands of the Marines, not the insurgents. The military announced last week that the matter has been handed over to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (ncis), which will conduct a criminal investigation to determine whether the troops broke the laws of war by deliberately targeting civilians.

Also..... In early February, McGirk presented this evidence to, and asked for comment from, Lieut. Colonel Barry Johnson, U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad. Johnson viewed the VCD, listened to the accounts and responded straightforwardly, "I think there’s enough here for a full and formal investigation." Army Colonel Gregory Watt was dispatched to Haditha to conduct a three-week probe in which he interviewed Marines, survivors and doctors at the morgue.

So, show me where murtha had anything to do with the investigation.....other than convicting our Marines based on a Time article.