lack of body armor unforgivable

[from hillaryclinton.com email]

Sen. Clinton Says Lack of Body Armor is 'Unforgivable'She Has Called for an Investigation Into Why Soldiers Are Not Fully Protected ABC News January 10, 2006

Dear Friends,
I wanted to let you know that Hillary is taking action in response to press reports that supplying more extensive body armor to our troops in Iraq could have saved lives. She has called for investigations by the Senate Armed Services Committee, of which she is a member, and the Government Accountability Office, and she has written to the Army urging that every effort be made now to provide additional body armor to troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"It is our duty to protect our men and women in uniform," Hillary said in an interview on Good Morning America on Tuesday, January 10. "The very least we can do is give them the very best body armor and armored vehicle."
"This is Bush-Cheney policy. ...The President speaks out strongly and even harshly from time to time about issues he thinks are important. Let's hear him speak about men and women who wear the uniform of our country."
As Hillary wrote to the Secretary of the Army, "According to these press reports, the Army is still deciding what body armor plates to purchase. With every day the Army delays the decision of which additional body armor to procure, we put more of our men and women at risk."
And in her letter to the General Accountability Office she said, "In April 2005, the Government Accountability Office found that there were delays in body armor acquisition as well as ineffective distribution. I request that you expand your investigation to include the military's effectiveness in providing body armor designed to limit fatalities and injuries to our troops."
For full copies of Hillary's letters to the Secretary of the Army, the General Accountability Office and the Senate Armed Services Committee, please go to www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/letters/