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Andrew P. Hunter: “I just have to remind the distinguished minority leader that, in fact, every troop who is in country now and every civil…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2004
I just have to remind the distinguished minority leader that, in fact, every troop who is in country now and every civil servant has body armor in the fight, in the fight. Every frontline troop moving up to Baghdad had body armor, and I would say further to the gentlewoman that the Humvees, the jeeps that we have, have never been manufactured with body armor until very recently to meet the new challenge of the IEDs, and we are armoring them in rapid fashion, and many Members on her side voted against the supplemental appropriation that provided both body armor and armor for the Humvees.
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Andrew P. Hunter
Illinois
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Discussing military equipment and body armor for troops during a debate.

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