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Just 29 Army soldiers

have sought reimbursement so far “for body armor and other equipment they bought to protect themselves on the front lines,” an AP investigation finds. Retired Brig. Gen. Stephen Koper, president of the National Guard Association: “I can only assume that the Defense Department seems to be doing a very poor job telling people there is a program, and that it applies to people all the way up to 2006.”

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