Additional Criteria Are Needed for BRAC
Special to Roll Call
For many months, communities across the nation have been nervously awaiting the news from the Bush administration about which military bases it proposes to close in the current round of the Base Realignment and Closing process. The anxiety is with good reasons. The administration has called this round the “mother of all BRACs” and suggested that the Pentagon intends to eliminate as much as 25 percent of its infrastructure as part of Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s so-called “transformation plan.”
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Schumer Advocates for Many on Panel
Nov. 16, 12 a.m.
As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, “It’s as useless as tits on a bull.” But as that panel’s chairman during the 110th Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) seized the opportunity to elevate the traditionally low-profile post to the forefront of shaping policy. Read Full Article
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