Documents just released allege that Sanchez complained to the Pentagon last winter of inadequate supplies.
"The lack of key spare parts for gear vital to combat operations, such as tanks and helicopters, was causing problems so severe, Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez wrote in a letter to top Army officials, that `I cannot continue to support sustained combat operations with rates this low.'"
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