In my time watching politics, this is one of the most disturbing things I've ever read. The National Journal reports:

Defense analysts say members of Congress might have inadvertently robbed the Army and Marines of resources to build their stock of up-armored Humvees and other equipment needed to fight an increasingly violent Iraqi insurgency.

The fiscal 2005 Defense appropriations bill contains funding cuts for the Army and other programs that defense analysts say were made to cover the cost of nearly $9 billion in congressional pork projects added to the bill.

Defense appropriators trimmed $300 million from the Pentagon's procurement accounts, including those that fund armor for Humvees and other vehicles in Iraq, and another $411 million was taken from the Defense Department's operations and maintenance and research and development accounts.

I cannot think of any possible situation in which it would be proper for Congress to choose pork over body armor for our young men and women in Iraq. It's just disgusting.