[CPEO-IRF] Economic adjustment

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

BRAC Conference Focuses on Both Downsizing, Growth


By John D. Banusiewicz
American Forces Press Service
The Conservative Voice
May 04, 2006

ATLANTA, May 3, 2006 – With the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure 
process shutting down 25 major installations and radically realigning 24 
others over the next six years, a BRAC conference under way here is 
focusing on growth as well as downsizing, a defense official told 
reporters here today.

"Traditionally when we've done these events, they've been very much 
closure-focused," said Philip W. Grone, deputy undersecretary of defense 
for installations and environment. But this conference, he added, also 
features "a very healthy focus on growth." This is happening because 
many areas will gain substantial numbers of uniformed and civilian 
military employees as the Defense Department realigns its global force 
posture to transform from a Cold War stance to one geared toward 21st 
century threats.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/14345.html

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