Chuck Edwards actually said...

Let me say that the MRAPs program, that has saved a dramatic number of lives by deflecting the power of IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan, was either a congressional earmark or a program that was strongly pushed by Congress at a time it was really getting nowhere.

Context

Edwards mentions the MRAPs program as a critical congressional initiative that saved lives in combat.

03/17/2009

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