Re: [CPEO-IRF] BRAC Memo on Air National Guard

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pentagon defends Air Guard changes

By Lolita C. Baldor
Associated Press /Boston Globe
July 15, 2005

WASHINGTON --The Pentagon on Friday stood by its plans to shut down or
shift nearly 30 Air National Guard units, despite legal questions from
the independent commission reviewing the military base closings.

Lawyers for the Base Closure and Realignment Commission produced a memo
saying the use of the base closure law to relocate, disband or move Air
Guard units from one state to another could be beyond the commission's authority.

Defense Department spokesman Glenn Flood s
aid Friday that the Justice Department plans to issue its own legal
ruling on the matter.
"We respectfully ask the commission to refrain from revising or
eliminating any of the department's recommendations until it has
received the opinion," he said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/07/15/pentagon_defends_air_guard_changes/

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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