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Article: REP. SLAUGHTER CONDEMNS MILITARY EQUIPMENT SHORTAGES AS WASTE PERSISTS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 31, 2007
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Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, D-N.Y. (28th CD), issued the following press release:
Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-NY-28), Chairwoman of the House Rules Committee, today responded to a newly released Inspector General audit detailing equipment shortages for the American troops sent into Iraq and Afghanistan that forced many to fight without the benefit of adequate body armor or armored vehicles.
"The recently released findings of the Inspector General confirm our greatest fears: that brave young men and women were routinely sent into battle without the equipment they needed to protect themselves," Rep. Slaughter said. "And yet, despite the equipment shortages that already exist, the President is ...