Defense says it may close some facilities if Congress doesn’t approve proposal for more base closing

Source: Wash. Post

Defense Department officials warned a House panel Thursday that if Congress does not approve the Obama administration’s proposal for two new rounds of base closings, the Pentagon will use existing authority to close some facilities.

“Strategic and fiscal imperatives leave the department no alternative — we must close and realign military bases here in the United States,” Dorothy Robyn, deputy undersecretary of defense for installations and environment, told the House Armed Services readiness subcommittee at a hearing on the request for more Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) rounds.

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Defense says it may close some facilities if Congress doesn’t approve proposal for more base closing (Original post)	alp227	Mar 2012	OP
I hate BRACs.	MADem	Mar 2012	#1
why dont they close some foreign bases?	larkrake	Mar 2012	#2
You mean, like Guantanamo Bay?	JustABozoOnThisBus	Mar 2012	#3
You beat me to it.	grntuscarora	Mar 2012	#4

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Fri Mar 9, 2012, 03:22 AM

MADem (85,972 posts)

1. I hate BRACs.

I realize they are necessary, but the human cost associated with them is often very painful indeed. They're always fraught with emotion--it's hard to be dispassionate when you're ripping the livelihood out from under people, and with brute force changing the nature of local communities.

Glad I don't have to deal with that shit anymore.

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Fri Mar 9, 2012, 07:03 AM

larkrake (285 posts)