Saturday, October 09, 2004
More military base closings are likely. Congress has removed obstacles to the next round. Read more.
Pentagon officials have talked about shutting the equivalent of about 100 of the nation's 425 bases. That's more than in the four previous rounds of base closures combined. (A recent report by the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, found that the military had a 24% excess capacity in its base structure.)
The Defense Department will present its list of bases for closure by May 16, 2005 to the Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC). The BRAC will present its recommendations to the President by Sept. 8, 2005. If he accepts the list, the closures become law in 45 days unless Congress blocks them — something Congress did not do in the first four rounds.
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