The MRAP and M-ATV project director, Marine Corps Brigadier General Michael Brogan, says the new vehicles will protect troops on Afghanistan's roads, without destroying the roads or getting stuck on them.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

General Brogan says because of some technical innovations M-ATVs are not nearly as cumbersome as MRAPs, but rather are almost as maneuverable as the much lighter and more lightly armored Humvees, even in the sands of Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

"I am convinced, from my conversations with General Stanley McChrystal and I'm grateful to him for the time he gave me there and even on the telephone since he understands the necessity of conducting a smart counterinsurgency in a limited geographic area,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

"At the same time,we have,in fact, started studying the draft proposal, and we are in fact working and elaborating on all details of these proposals, from technical aspects and all other dimensions, and I will inform the director general of the IAEA next week, as soon as I'm back to Vienna, about our evaluation."

VOA: standard.2009.10.24