Sunday, February 24, 2008

Fact Check: Obama's Afghanistan Claim -- ASSOCIATED PRESS

''You know, I've heard from an Army captain who was the head of a rifle platoon -- supposed to have 39 men in a rifle platoon,'' Obama said. ''Ended up being sent to Afghanistan with 24 because 15 of those soldiers had been sent to Iraq,''

''And as a consequence, they didn't have enough ammunition, they didn't have enough Humvees. They were actually capturing Taliban weapons, because it was easier to get Taliban weapons than it was for them to get properly equipped by our current commander in chief.

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