WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon has not devised rules for reimbursing U.S. troops for body armor and other gear bought with their own money for duty in Iraq and Afghanistan despite a law that required such guidelines seven months ago.
Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman said on Monday Pentagon staff had been working hard on the issue.
"And my sense is that they are pretty close to finalizing what the policies and procedures will be for that," Whitman said, though he declined to predict when the rules would be ready.
Some troops and their families have bought body armor and other equipment after the Pentagon failed to provide the gear they felt was necessary. Critics of the Bush administration have periodically seized on this as an illustration of what they see as poor planning for the wars.
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