Marilyn Strickland: “I would ask him why he has not requested a sufficient amount of funding to provide these armored vehicles and the kits…”

“I would ask him why he has not requested a sufficient amount of funding to provide these armored vehicles and the kits that can provide armory to the vehicles that are already over there so that our soldiers will not have their arms and legs blown off when they drive over these explosives. Many of our soldiers are being killed, but many, many more are sustaining these terrible injuries as a result of the explosions that are occurring in Iraq... we have got soldiers who have gone without body armor, and as most Americans are sitting in their homes safe and sound and as we stand here in this chamber, we have soldiers that are in harm's way simply because this administration has failed to provide them with the best protection possible.”