Sub-Committee Hearings on Vieques to Begin

[aimeeh@cpeo.org]

The Senate Armed Services Sub-Committe on Readiness and 
Management Support is scheduled to hold hearings Wednesday, 
September 22, 1999 on the issue of the Navy in Vieques, Puerto 
Rico.  The hearing will be held at 10 AM in Russell Building 
#222.

The military maintains that live training on Vieques is vital to 
their critical mission.  After the death of a local civilian base 
employee due to ordnance missing it's target by over 1 mile, 
President Clinton appointed a special commission to evaluate the 
need for Vieques as a training range.  The commission will come 
back with a recommendation for the President.  It is anticipated 
that the recommendation will go to the President any time now.

With the scheduling of this hearing it looks as though Congress 
will be taking a closer look at this issue as well.

Aimee Houghton
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Aimee Houghton
CPEO, Associate Director
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