Today’s Headlines 2/28/08

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Marines halt study critical of MRAP program
The Marine Corps has ordered a civilian scientist to stop work on a report critical of its efforts to obtain new armored vehicles, saying he exceeded his authority, a Marine official said Tuesday. Franz Gayl, a retired Marine officer and civilian science adviser, alleged in a Jan. 22 report that "gross mismanagement" of the program to quickly field Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles had resulted in the unnecessary deaths of hundreds of Marines in Iraq.
Of course he went beyond his authority. He was only authorized to find out that the Marine Corps did nothing wrong.—Caro

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Carolyn Kay
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