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On the recordMarch 29, 2004
I think it is a sad and a tragic fact that the President, Secretary Rumsfeld, this administration, sent our troops into battle without providing them with adequate protection. As a result, there are those who probably have lost their lives simply because they did not have body armor; and there are those who have lost their limbs simply because this administration has not taken care of the problem of unarmored Humvees in Iraq.
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Marilyn Strickland
Democratic · Washington

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Addressing the lack of protection for soldiers in Iraq during a speech.

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