Reply #11: In May 04, too [View All]

Not The First Time
Q: ...the new...humvees they're bringing over...those doors are not as good as the ones on the up-armored humvees...

...we lost some soldiers due to them...

...The question is, are we going to get more up-armored humvees?...

GEN. RICHARD MYERS: ...You do not have all the up-armored humvees you need...

...Production is ramping up this month...We're trying to get them to you as fast as we can...

...It's not a matter of resources, it's a matter of how fast can we build these things and get them over here.

And I review that probably daily, the status of those machines and that equipment that can help...

...So we're trying. We're trying hard...I understand exactly everything you said, and we'll do our best.

And that's our responsibility.

That is not from Don Rumsfeld's town hall meeting with troops in Kuwait this past Wednesday.

It's from a Don Rumsfeld town hall meeting with troops in Baghdad this past May.

(It so happened that the Chair of the Joint Chiefs fielded the armored humvee question, but Rumsfeld was by his side.)
http://www.liberaloasis.com/archives/120504.htm#121004
http://www.tnr.com/blog/iraqd?week=2004-05-07



Town Hall Meeting With U.S. Troops(May)
http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2004/tr20040513-secdef0747.html