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Pentagon, Army Captain Differ on Obama Tale

Army doubts, captain confirms weapons, troop shortages

Feb 23, 08 9:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Pentagon officials moved quickly yesterday to rebut Barack Obama's tale of an Army captain whose platoon, deployed in Afghanistan, was stripped of men and so lacking in equipment that they resorted to using captured Taliban weapons. "I find that account pretty hard to imagine," an Army spokesman said... More »

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