[CPEO-MEF] "Green" bullets editorial

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ready, fire, aim
The Army failed to conduct due diligence in its green ammo program.

Editorial
Cape Cod Times (MA)
December 20, 2006

First of two parts.

In 2001, officials from nearly a dozen Department of Defense programs 
accepted former Vice President Al Gore's "golden hammer" award for 
developing the tungsten-nylon bullet, which was heralded by Army brass 
as a nonpolluting alternative to lead bullets.

Each official received a hammer wrapped in a red, white and blue ribbon 
and a plaque that read, "Thanks for building a government that works 
better and costs less."

They should return the hammers.

...

The inspector general of the Department of Defense should immediately 
begin a formal investigation into the Army's mishandling of its green 
ammunition program.

...

For the entire editorial, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/commentary/editorials/2006/12/ready_fire_aim.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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