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Home | News Briefs | U.S. | World | Celeb Buzz | Entertainment | Sports | Business | Health | Sci / Tech | Politics | Weird & Offbeat Report: Army To Recall 16,000 Sets Of Body Armor January 29, 2009 12:08 p.m. EST Kris Alingod - AHN Contributor Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The U.S. Army plans to recall 16,000 sets of body armor after an audit by Pentagon inspector general Gordon Heddell said these had not been properly tested, according to a report by the Washington Times. Heddell has yet to release the report and is due to brief the chairman of the House Rules Committee, Rep. Louise Slaughter (D--NY), about the findings. Slaughter has been actively involved in issues of body armor shortage and the quality of vests American troops are being issued. The armor to be recalled were manufactured between 2005 and 2007 and make up only 1.6 percent of all the armor the Army has bought, the Times quotes an unnamed Pentagon official as saying. No deaths or injuries have been reported because of the armor, the official added. Improving protective gear for troops have been a primary concern to Democratic lawmakers, most notably Sen. Ted Kenendy (D-MA), since the start of the war in Iraq in 2003. The case of John Hart, a Massachusetts soldier who died in a Humvee after an ambush in Kirkuk, became a rallying point for Kennedy and Bush administration critics who decried the lack of body armor. Last April, Lt. Gen. N. Ross Thompson, deputy to the acting assistant secretary for acquisition, refuted reports that the Army had issued body armor that had not been properly tested. In testimony before Congress, Thompson had said, "The Army has tested all of the body armor and all of the body armor that is issued to the Soldiers today has passed the rigorous test and it is the best body armor that is available in the world today; and I can say that without qualification. Of all high-priority programs, force protection is our number one priority." Copyright © 2003 - 2009 AHN - All rights reserved.Redistribution, republication. syndication, rewriting or broadcast is prohibited without the prior written consent of AHN.License AHN news for your website, business, digital signage network or publication. Home | News Briefs | U.S. | World | Entertainment | Sports | Business | Health | Sci / Tech | Politics | Weird / Offbeat © 2009 AHN Client Login | Submit News | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Contact | Content Services All Rights Reserved

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