Marine Units Found to Lack Equipment, Kerry Calls for Accountability
21 June 2005
Today’s Boston Globe reveals that the Marine Corps units in Iraq “need twice as many heavy machine guns, more fully protected armored vehicles, and more communications equipment.”
Marine Corps units fighting in some of the most dangerous terrain in Iraq don't have enough weapons, communications gear, or properly outfitted vehicles, according to an investigation by the Marine Corps' inspector general provided to Congress yesterday.
John Kerry has sent a letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld calling for the Pentagon to provide Congress information on the Department's plans to meet the equipment and supply needs identified in this report within the next two weeks.
LINKS & LETTER HERE -
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