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	<title><![CDATA[Surprise! Helmets for Troops Substandard, So Bush Administration Orders More]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-soltz/surprise-helmets-for-troo_b_85518.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Prepare to be disgusted.</p>

<p>At a time when a new acronym, TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), has entered the American lexicon because of injuries sustained to troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, the <em>New York Times</em> reports that not only are many combat helmets being given to our troops substandard, and not only was there a lawsuit about it, but the government actually placed an order with the same company for more helmets just days before the suit was settled.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/06/us/06helmet.html?_r=1&amp;sq=kevlar&amp;st=nyt&amp;oref=slogin&amp;scp=1&amp;pagewanted=print">Reports the Times</a>:</p>

<blockquote>A...</blockquote>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:48:00-04:00</date_published>
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