[CPEO-IRF] Walter Reed (DC) vs. Bethesda Naval Medical Center(MD)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

BRAC move seen at risk
Walter Reed controversy might threaten shift of jobs to Bethesda site


By Matthew Hay Brown
Baltimore Sun
March 20, 2007

WASHINGTON -- Plans to expand the National Naval Medical Center in 
Bethesda - part of a military realignment plan expected to bring 
thousands of jobs to Maryland - might be in jeopardy as a result of the 
controversy over medical care at the Walter Reed Army hospital, 
according to members of the state's congressional delegation.

The House of Representatives is expected to consider a measure this week 
that would keep Walter Reed Army Medical Center open. If approved, it 
could delay or cancel plans to move Walter Reed's existing operations, 
and nearly 1,900 workers, from the District of Columbia to Maryland.

The $2 billion expansion of the Bethesda Naval Medical Center is a key 
element of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process, which is 
expected to bring 40,000 to 60,000 new jobs to Maryland over the next 
five years.

A proposal to block the Bush administration from closing Walter Reed has 
been written into a $124 billion spending measure expected to be taken 
up Thursday by the House.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.brac20mar20,0,7545749.story?coll=bal-local-headlines

--


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>
http://www.cpeo.org


_______________________________________________
Installation_Reuse_Forum mailing list
Installation_Reuse_Forum@list.cpeo.org
http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/installation_reuse_forum