From The Associated Press, 1/9/06:
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--iraq-bodyarmor0109jan09,0,7375885,print.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork

Sen. Clinton seeks inquiry into body armor study

January 9, 2006, 2:38 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) _

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Congress Monday to re-examine the
Pentagon's standards for soldiers' body armor in Iraq, after a new
study found most fatal torso wounds to Marines would have been
prevented or minimized with more protection.

The New York Democrat said the as-yet-unreleased report by the Armed
Forces Medical Examiner should spur greater scrutiny by the Senate
Armed Service Committee and the investigative arm of Congress.

The results of the study were disclosed last week.

It examined 93 fatal wounds to Marines from the start of the Iraq war
in March 2003 through June 2005.

The study concluded most of those injuries might have been prevented
or minimized if they had been wearing improved body armor.

"With U.S. troops risking their lives daily in Iraq, Afghanistan and
elsewhere, we owe it to them to make sure they have the best equipment
possible," Clinton wrote to committee chairman John Warner.

The study found that of the 93 Marines who suffered fatal injuries, 74
of them were bullet or shrapnel wounds to shoulders or torso areas
unprotected by traditional ceramic armor plating.

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Time to get to the truth. The lives of our troops are at stake.

Harry