Lawmakers Want Army Body Armor Retested

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Lawmakers on Wednesday requested additional independent tests to determine whether standard-issue body armor for U.S. soldiers is more effective than an alternative.

At issue are conflicts between year-old test results released by the Army last month and comparisons made by NBC News and broadcast in May.

"Let's get right down to the nuts and bolts here," Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., ranking member of the House Armed Services committee, said at a hearing on the issue. "Which test is right? Or, maybe, are both of them right?"


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Congressional members led by Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., are requesting an independent study by the Government Accountability Office to review the Army's testing procedures, a comparison study and review of current safety compliance rules.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070606/ap_on_go_co/congress_body_armor_6

[Kadie]

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[SeattleGirl]

2. Good. I saw that report on MSNBC, and am glad Congress is

responding to it.