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During Thursday night's debate, Senator Obama said he knew an Army captain who complained of shortages in Afghanistan.
Republican Senator John Warner, who was probably the Armed Services Committee chairman during the event Senator Obama mentioned, is calling for information to be presented in a hearing next week.
Today, the Pentagon and the captain in question asserted...
- The event Senator Obama referred to was in 2003.
- There was never a shortage of combat weapons, only training weapons and ammo.
- The captain couldn't get a part to repair U.S. .50 caliber machinegun mounted atop a vehicle, so he put a captured Taliban weapon in its place temporarily until the part came in.
I think Senator Obama is about to get a lesson in stretching the truth and omitting facts while you're in a national spotlight.
MSNBC
Pentagon questions Obama’s soldier story
Captain tells NBC he was referring to shortages for training
February 22, 2008
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon on Friday tried to cast doubt on an account of military equipment shortages mentioned by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, whose campaign team stood by the story.
In a debate with rival Hillary Clinton on Thursday evening, Obama said he had heard from an Army captain who served in Afghanistan and whose unit did not have enough ammunition or vehicles.
Obama said it was easier for the troops to capture weapons from Taliban militants than it was "to get properly equipped by our current commander in chief," President Bush.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23301273/
Republican Senator John Warner, who was probably the Armed Services Committee chairman during the event Senator Obama mentioned, is calling for information to be presented in a hearing next week.
Today, the Pentagon and the captain in question asserted...
- The event Senator Obama referred to was in 2003.
- There was never a shortage of combat weapons, only training weapons and ammo.
- The captain couldn't get a part to repair U.S. .50 caliber machinegun mounted atop a vehicle, so he put a captured Taliban weapon in its place temporarily until the part came in.
I think Senator Obama is about to get a lesson in stretching the truth and omitting facts while you're in a national spotlight.
MSNBC
Pentagon questions Obama’s soldier story
Captain tells NBC he was referring to shortages for training
February 22, 2008
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon on Friday tried to cast doubt on an account of military equipment shortages mentioned by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, whose campaign team stood by the story.
In a debate with rival Hillary Clinton on Thursday evening, Obama said he had heard from an Army captain who served in Afghanistan and whose unit did not have enough ammunition or vehicles.
Obama said it was easier for the troops to capture weapons from Taliban militants than it was "to get properly equipped by our current commander in chief," President Bush.
READ MORE
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23301273/