Base Closure

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@igc.org>]

DIXON NAMED CHAIR OF BASE CLOSURE COMMISSION

 On October 4, 1994, the White House announced the appointment
of former U.S. Senator Alan Dixon as chair of the Defense Base Closure
and Realignment Commission. Presently a senior partner in the corporate
and business department of the St. Louis-based law firm of Bryan Cave,
Dixon served two terms as U.S. Senator from Illinois. While in the Senate,
Dixon chaired the Subcommittee on Readiness of the Armed Services
Committee.

 In 1995, the Base Closure and Realignment Commission is
scheduled to recommend a new list of domestic U.S. military installations to
be closed or cut back. Rumors in Washington suggest that "BRAC 95" will
dwarf the previous three rounds of base closings.