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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: laura_bush who wrote (458413)	9/13/2003 5:56:13 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 769670

lb, Nice to see Ashcroft is so unloved. :) Here's an article on the extravagant costs to the Army for maintenance of their equipment in Iraq. Nobody planned for this level of expense. One item that caught my eye was the price tag for the replacement Hummers to be sent to Iraq. At $250,000 per copy, these are quite extravagant. Considering that the Hummers they are replacing are being burned up or RPGed at the rate of a few complete losses per day. washingtonpost.com Wearing Out and Adding Up Army Costs Increase as Terrain Takes Toll on Equipment By Jonathan Weisman and Renae Merle Washington Post Staff Writers Saturday, September 13, 2003; Page A01 If lawmakers and citizens wonder how much of the Iraq war's eventual cost will be covered by President Bush's $87 billion emergency spending request, they need look no further than a Bradley Fighting Vehicle's track. Normally, a Bradley gets new treads just once a year, after about 800 miles. But for the U.S. Army, these are anything but normal times, and the 600-odd Bradleys in Iraq are trudging 1,200 miles a month, running security escorts the military never imagined would be needed so long after "major combat operations" had ended. The result is that Bradleys in Iraq need new tracks every 60 days, at $22,576 per vehicle. As many as a third of the Bradleys patrolling the dangerous "Sunni Triangle" are out of commission............ In documents released to Congress, the administration says it will need $1.9 billion for emergency procurement. Of that, $143 million would buy 595 heavily armored Humvees. Including sophisticated computer tracking systems and other advanced equipment, the Humvee costs could be nearly $250,000 each, an Army official said......... Continues.......

To: laura_bush who wrote (458413)	9/13/2003 6:02:09 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 769670

1200 lb of manure sure can make a stink... LOL... Great news, the hissyfit foaming mouth rants are very positive developments.