Kerry Introduced Legislation To Reimburse Cost of Body Armor

[DrFunkenstein]

Kerry Criticizes Bush on 9/11 Response:
Plans to Reimburse Familes for Body Armor

San Diego, CA – John Kerry today stood up to the Bush Administration for their response to the terrorist attacks of September 11th and for failing to provide U.S. soldiers in Iraq with the proper protective body armor.

Kerry criticized the Bush administration for sending troops aboard without the latest body armor, forcing families to buy armor to send to their loved ones. One-fourth of the 130,000 U.S. troops in Iraq are still waiting for the latest body armor. In the meantime, family members and friends are paying hundreds of dollars for the updated armor themselves and shipping it to Iraq.

“In the rush to war, this administration failed to adequately outfit military personnel shipping off to Iraq," Kerry said. " As a result, many of our fighting men and women do not have the latest technology for body armor. It’s a disgrace that their families had to use their own funds to buy the body armor and ship it to Iraq. My legislation will reimburse those families.

http://blog.johnkerry.com/blog/archives/000840.html#more

[XanaDUer]

1. Thanks!

Eom.

[DrFunkenstein]

2. Just Thought People Might Be Wondering

[XanaDUer]

3. Thanks for supplying factual info

It's needed-too much misinformation out there now.

[Taeger]

4. Kerry mis-spoke ...

I don't think there was any "rush" to war. I think it was meticulously planned since BEFORE Bush took office.

The planned who would get the oil fields and who would get the pork barrel war contracts. That's all they really cared about.

However, they spent little or no time planning for our soldiers (that was left to the lowest bidder) or Iraqi reconstruction (also left to the lowest bidder).

[dd123]

5. Isn't body armor expensive?

My friend is a cop and I could have sworn he said it cost over $900.

How many low income families can afford this?

BTW, did the bill pass?

Did he even vote for it? LOL.

[DrFunkenstein]

6. Apology Accepted, Captain Needa

Glad to see you were willing to admit that you stand corrected, and were sorry for any misimpressions your posts may have caused.

[mitchum]

7. Thanks for the truth, DrFunkenstein

[DrFunkenstein]

9. Anytime!

I'm glad I caught this before it became another DU "truth."

[JI7]

10. well

some just don't care whether it's the truth or not. they have an agenda and if it involves false info, that's fine with them.

[JI7]

8. i remember this