Remember 2006

Here is a review of 2006 you won't find in the paper. From Mudville Gazette. (HT Instapundit) I especially liked this bit in response to Hillary Clinton's request to investigate military issue body armor. The Armed Services Committee did hold hearings - but prior commitments kept Senator Clinton from attending. She didn't really start the fire on this one, however. This (then-) new version of the armor uproar began when the organization Soldiers for the Truth obtained and released a copy of a classified military report detailing the vulnerabilities of the body armor (it doesn't protect every square inch of the wearer's flesh). The story was the biggest of the day in January 2006, and while now all but forgotten, the subsequent increase in successful sniper killings of US troops has been well covered. Emphasis added.