The Defense Department put U.S. troops in Iraq at risk by awarding contracts for badly needed armored vehicles to companies that failed to deliver them on time, according to a review by the Pentagon's inspector general."It's been business as usual," Rep. Louise Slaughter (D,NY) said Wednesday after reviewing the report. "The lives of our soldiers took a back seat to who got the contracts." |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.