[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE: "DOD Official Discusses BRAC Issues with Congress"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DOD Official Discusses BRAC Issues with Congress

By Nick Simeone

American Forces Press Service
March 15, 2013

WASHINGTON â The Defense Department has more real estate than it  
needs in the United States and abroad, a senior DOD official told a  
House panel yesterday.

Another round of base realignments and closings should be an  
essential part of any overall strategy for reshaping the military,  
John Conger, the acting deputy undersecretary of defense for  
installations and environment, told the House Armed Services  
Committee in prepared testimony.

"Force structure is declining relative to that which existed in 2005,  
thereby continuing to add to aggregate excess capacity," Conger said,  
noting that the U.S. Army is reducing its active duty end strength  
from 570,000 to 490,000 by 2020, and the Marine Corps from about  
202,000 to 182,000.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.defense.gov/utility/printitem.aspx?print=http:// 
www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=119535

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Lenny Siegel
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