And the fact is that it should not take a year to correct a problem. It should not take months to get body armor to our troops. Do my colleagues know what the Pentagon is saying now? They are saying it will be at least the end of 2005 before the vehicles in Iraq are provided with this armor. That is much too long. How many soldiers are going to be injured between now and the end of 2005?
Addressing the delay in providing body armor to troops during a discussion on military readiness.
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