[CPEO-IRF] BRAC to hold hearing on Air Guard

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

BRAC asks Air Force, Guard officials for help

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cape Cod Times (MA)
July 30, 2005

The military base closing commission is reaching out to Air Force and
National Guard officials to help sort out the Pentagon's proposed
restructuring of the Air Guard, including the shutdown of bases and
units in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

The Base Closure and Realignment Commission will hold a hearing Aug. 11,
mainly to explore potential legal problems with the Defense Department's
proposal. And in letters to officials this week, the commission said
that without input from state adjutants general, the Air Force, and
Homeland Security officials, they will not be able to develop a
responsible solution.

"It is incumbent upon this commission to ensure that the Department of
Defense's closure and realignment recommendations, especially those
pertaining to the Air National Guard, do not undermine the unique
mission responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security," said
BRAC Chairman Anthony Principi in a letter to officials.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/bracasks30.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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