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Michael H. Standart
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Username: mstandart
Post Number: 12767
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 3:06 am: | 
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From MSNBC.com:
quote:Surprise votes to keep major Army base, two Navy bases open
WASHINGTON - Disagreeing with the Pentagon on several key requests, the U.S. government's base closing commission voted Wednesday to keep open two New England Navy bases as well as an Army depot in Texas.
Commission Chairman Anthony Principi declared that Portsmouth shipyard at Kittery, Maine, and Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn., “will remain open” — rejecting Pentagon plans that New England officials said would damage the economy in their region.
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Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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