Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr., an Eastern North Carolina congressman who made it his mission to atone for his vote sending U.S. troops into Iraq in the early 2000s, died Sunday on his 76th birthday.

Republican congressman Walter B Jones, known for changing the name of French fries in government cafeterias to "freedom fries", has died. Mr Jones was a keen supporter of the 2003 invasion of Iraq ...

Walter was predeceased by his parents, Congressman Walter B. Jones Sr. and Dot (Doris Long); sister, DotDee Jones Slaughter; brother and sister-in-law, Bob and Olivia Whitehurst. Walter attended ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr. of North Carolina, a once-fervent supporter of the 2003 invasion of Iraq who later became an equally outspoken critic of the war ...