Worldwide Standard - When I asked Senator McCain about MRAP on Monday, some folks seemed confused. But there's no doubt that the MRAP program, which seeks to replace up-armored Humvees in Iraq with sturdier, mine resistant and ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles, has risen to the level of presidential politics. In fact, Joe Biden's whole campaign for president looks to be built around this one issue. On Monday, McCain said that MRAP is "kind of a reversal from the usual DoD procedure where they get a good idea and it takes them an inordinate length of time to get it into practice and into operational capability." But, on Tuesday we learned that the program has, in... 
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Black Five - Our military wants them. Our soldiers need them. Defense Secretary Gates just said MRAPs are "the highest priority acquisition program... Any and all options to accelerate the production and fielding of this capability... should be identified, assessed and applied..." The Secretary is right. It would be unconscionable not to get as many MRAPS as possible into the field as fast as possible." - Senator Joe Biden, Democratic Presidential Candidate. Since the hold up of funds from Congress is holding up the purchase of a few thousand of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, I thought I'd share two clips of the vehicles in action....
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