Biden has a passion for MRAP vehicles
Nov. 11, 2007
omewhere underneath the roof of the gigantic Alcoa plant, U.S. Sen. Joe Biden tells of being in Iraq a couple months ago and seeing pictures of a military vehicle that had been blown up.
The explosion was so fierce, he says, chunks of the vehicle were scattered across 25 yards and overhead utility lines were toppled.
“There were five kids in that cab,” he says. “Not one was killed.”
The reason: They were riding in a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle.
Biden, D-Del., has been a prime advocate for the vehicles, and on a trip last week to the Quad-Cities to sell his presidential campaign, he took a tour of Alcoa’s Davenport Works, where rolled aluminum for the armored vehicle is made.
Alcoa won a $31 million contract for the project last month.
“What you guys are doing is saving lives,” Biden tells a small group of employees after his tour.
https://globegazette.com/news/biden-has-a-passion-for-mrap-vehicles/article_9109d595-acd3-5f75-953d-58267d1c3828.html
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Some more on Alcoa:
Alcoa to Close Its Vernon Plant; 700 Jobs Are Lost : Economy: The world’s largest aluminum producer failed to win wage concessions from 440 union employees.
(1994)
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-16-fi-34782-story.html
Even if China Steps in, Alcoa Stock Is Almost Pointless
(April 8, 2020)
https://investorplace.com/2020/04/even-if-china-steps-in-alcoa-stock-is-almost-pointless/
Alcoa Counters Weak Demand With Cost Cuts
July 8, 2020
https://www.wsj.com/articles/alcoa-counters-weak-demand-with-cost-cuts-11594224945
(behind paywall)