One of our local newspapers in Dover, New Hampshire , The Foster's Daily Democrat, release a news article about President Bush signing the BRAC list. Now it's up to Congress to either accept or reject the whole list in the next 45 days.
In the post they state, "President Bush on Thursday accepted the recommendations of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission, which include keeping the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard open.
Bush has long maintained he would accept the commission's findings to avoid any appearance of political influence on the process. His deadline was Sept. 23 to accept the entire report in full from the BRAC Commission or send it back for further changes
The commission on Aug. 24 voted 7-1 to remove the shipyard from the list because it found the Defense Department had "substantially deviated" from its own criteria in recommending the base for closure. In total, the commission voted to close 33 major bases and realign 29 others to save a total of $4.2 billion. In addition to Portsmouth, the commission voted to keep open the submarine base in Groton, Conn., and Air Force bases in South Dakota and New Mexico."
This is great news for my employment future. Being in IT, the nearnest job that would pay anything close would probably be a hours commute to Boston, Ma! No thank you! It's been a real blessing to be at Portsmouth and our prayers and hearts go out to the other 62 bases that are being either closed or realigned.
I really set my mind to believe the base would closedj, at the most a realignment. It was such good news to hear that the first two major hurdles have been passed. Now it's just up to Congress to get along and do the right thing and vote YES!
You can get more abou the BRAC process at www.BRAC.gov.
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