[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE: "Dems push for allowing base closures"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Dems push for allowing base closures
 
By Rebecca Kheel 
The Hill (DC)
June 21, 2016

Seven Democratic lawmakers are pushing to allow the military to close excess bases with a bill introduced in the House on Tuesday.

“We need to provide the Department of Defense flexibility to find savings and efficiencies wherever it can in order to support our warfighters,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, said in a  statement. “That is especially true now, as Congress continues to strain the military by funding it through short-term budget agreements. We should not be making the military cut training and supplies while at the same time refusing to let DOD save money that we know is not being used productively.”


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For the entire article, see
http://thehill.com/policy/defense/284304-dems-push-for-allowing-base-closures

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