On the recordFebruary 4, 2004
I asked this question after a constituent called my office to complain that his son was conducting house to house searches in Iraq and still wearing kevlar.
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Ben Nelson
I asked this question after a constituent called my office to complain that his son was conducting house to house searches in Iraq and still wearing kevlar.
Raising concerns about soldiers' body armor in Iraq.
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