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Inadequate equipment, health problems face Iraq, Afghanistan veterans: poll

VoteVets.org, which has been running ads in battleground states against Senators who have voted against body armor funding for soldiers, just released the results of a new poll on whether soldiers are being adequately equipped. The results:

The poll by VoteVets.org, a political action committee made up of veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, showed that nearly half (42 percent) of all veterans who served in either country felt that their equipment did not meet military standards.

It also said that 35 percent of veterans reported that their trucks had no armor protection, while 10 percent said the trucks were “up-armored” with scrap metal.

You can read more on their report here.

Their ad against Conrad Burns for opposing body armor.