[CPEO-IRF] Adjutants criticize Air Guard changes

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[This is a little dated, but it differs from the parochial responses 
that dominate BRAC coverage across the country. - LS]

National Guard leaders criticize Pentagon base closing proposals

By Megan Scully
Congress Daily
June 15, 2005

In an unusual move, New Hampshire's adjutant general, who stands to gain 
from this round of base closings, on Wednesday criticized the Pentagon's 
decision to strip a significant number of airframes from 28 Air National 
Guard facilities.

For many lawmakers and communities, the Defense Department's base 
closure and realignment process has spurred a defend-at-all-costs 
mentality as they fight to save local bases deemed by the Pentagon to be 
irrelevant to future missions.

However, the National Guard has railed against Defense Secretary Donald 
Rumsfeld's decisions on Air National Guard units in part because of a 
growing fear that the Air Guard could evolve into a grounded force.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0605/061505cdpm1.htm


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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org

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