The Pentagon's inspector general has cleared Marine Corps Combat Development Command of criminal negligence for not responding to a 2005 request from Iraq for life-saving Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles by troops in Iraq, but the IG says the Quantico, VA-based command failed to redirect the urgent request for armored trucks to the Pentagon. The findings, captured in a report issued Dec. 9, address claims made by a whistleblower who alleged the Marine Corps waved off a request three years...
