[CPEO-MEF] "South Texas could be Bush's Vieques answer"

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South Texas could be Bush's Vieques answer
By Jeremy Schwartz and J.R. Gonzales
Caller-Times

A huge section of land south of Kingsville is being considered by the Navy as a
replacement for the embattled bombing range in Vieques, Puerto Rico, officials
said Friday.  

"It would be among the possible alternatives," said Lt. Cmdr. Cate Mueller, a
Navy spokeswoman.  

"The Navy is putting together a panel of people to look very hard at replacing
Vieques."  
She said the Navy still is in the preliminary stages of finding a site that
could replace Vieques by 2003.  

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http://www.caller.com/2001/june/23/today/localnew/3534.html

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