[CPEO-MEF] EXPANSION: Impact of Tinian range (Northern Marianas)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

CNMI yearns for more economic benefits from US military buildup

By Haidee V. Eugenio
Saipan Tribune (CNMI)
February 19, 2010


The CNMI government wants the U.S. military to do more to provide 
economic benefits to, and mitigate social impacts on, the CNMI as a 
result of the $15- to $20-billion military buildup mainly in Guam.

...

The buildup involves the relocation of more than 8,000 Marines and their 
9,000 dependents from Okinawa, Japan to Guam, the construction of 
facilities for recurring aircraft carrier visits, the development of an 
Army air and missile defense facility on Guam, and more Marine training 
facilities on Tinian.

"We welcome the military buildup in our region in whatever capacity the 
U.S. military deems appropriate and acceptable as long as the mitigation 
effects are in direct proportion to the proposed actions," the CNMI 
government said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=97359&cat=1

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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