Study: Delayed delivery of trucks led to Marine deaths

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• The vehicles have been effective at protecting U.S. forces from roadside bombs
  
• Study: An urgent February 2005 request for MRAPs got lost in bureaucracy
  
• Study: "Gross mismanagement" delayed deliveries for more than two years
  
• Defense Secretary Robert Gates declared MRAP acquisition a priority in 2007
  
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