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Rep Slaughter's Opinion on this matter following her review of the report she requested - Huffington Post:

What does all that mean?
That means American taxpayers were charged $3 billion for body armor that has been under-tested.

More importantly, that means our Service members fighting in Iraq are using body armor that has been under-tested.
Unacceptable
It is the responsibility of the Army to ensure that every piece of equipment is properly tested, especially a fundamental life and death product such as body armor.
For a soldier in the field, the only thing standing between their vital organs and the enemy's fire is their body armor.
I am extremely concerned that the Army is effectively gambling on the quality of the body armor that is essential to the safety and security of our troops.
By under-testing armor, the odds are increased that our service men and women will receive a faulty product.

What will she be asking be done?

I have called on the Army to fire any and all individuals responsible for failing to adequately protect our troops and allowing them to go into harms way without properly tested body armor.
I will meet with representatives from the Army to discuss the findings in this report, the fundamental causes for these serious failures, and the Army's plans to correct the problems.
That's what I'm going to do right now. But let me tell you what I'm not going to do.
I am not going to let this get swept under the rug.
The safety and security of our troops is on the line and we have an obligation to ensure that those individuals sacrificing so much for our country have equipment that is scrupulously tested and certain to actually work.
It's the very least we can do.