Sherrod Brown said "That is a mistake that neither the Pentagon or the President has acknowledged, even though we know dozens if not more men and women were killed because they did not have body armor, because the Humvees were not up-armored with the kind of protection that we know how to put on and failed to do. No one in the administration, in the Pentagon was punished for that failure, no one was reprimanded, no one lost their job. Yet dozens of young American men and women died because of it." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 14, 2004

That is a mistake that neither the Pentagon or the President has acknowledged, even though we know dozens if not more men and women were killed because they did not have body armor, because the Humvees were not up-armored with the kind of protection that we know how to put on and failed to do. No one in the administration, in the Pentagon was punished for that failure, no one was reprimanded, no one lost their job. Yet dozens of young American men and women died because of it.

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Sherrod Brown

Democratic · Ohio

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing the lack of accountability for military failures related to body armor and vehicle protection.

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