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  • 60 Minutes: Bush Tax Cuts Culpable for Lack of Armor on Humvees

    11/01/2004 10:06:59 PM PST · by crushelits · 13 replies · 262+ views
    mediaresearch.org ^ | November 1, 2004 | cbs 60 Minutes
    The New York Times last Monday beat 60 Minutes to the "missing" explosives story, so CBS couldn't air that last-minute hit on President Bush 36 hours before the election. On Sunday it replaced that planned story with another, "In Harm's Way," about problems in Iraq: Deaths and injuries caused to servicemen by the lack of armor on Humvees, as well as issues such as the lack of radios for troops. The story was not explicitly pegged to deriding Bush's conduct of the war, but Steve Kroft blamed the lack of armor on how "Pentagon war planners didn't anticipate a long,...