Pentagon’s IG: Soldiers Under-Equipped An audit by the Defense Department’s Inspector General found that the U.S. military is not adequately equipping troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, “especially for nontraditional duties such as training Iraqi security forces and handling detainees.” Soldiers have gone without enough “guns, ammunition, and other necessary supplies. . . and have had to cancel or postpone some assignments while waiting for the proper gear.” The audit comes at an inopportune time for the President Bush’s administration, which is seeking to rally waning support for a 21,500 troop increase in Iraq. (BusinessWeek.com)DoJ, House Agree to Deal on Cunningham Docs “Seeking to head off a potentially nasty legal battle, House Democrats appear to be on the path to a deal with the Justice Department in which they would turn over reams of documents from the Appropriations, Armed Services and Intelligence committees subpoenaed as part of the probe into jailed ex-Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-Calif.).” (Subs. Req.) (Roll Call)
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