Senator Casey, a democrat from Pennsylvania asks General Petraeus for an update to the electrocution issues in Iraq.

General Petraeus reports that the dedicated Task Force he established earlier this year has begun to implement action plans to reduce the risk of electrocution, shocks and electrical fires;

General Petraeus has asked the U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center, based at Fort Rucker, AL, to deploy a team to Iraq to perform an independent analysis/assessment, taking a look at past electrical incidents.  The team has already concluded that the two root causes of the series of electrocutions were human error and facility material failures;

The Task Force General Petraeus is referring to is Task Force Safe.

Click HERE to read the entire Press Release.

Ms Sparky

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