Subpoena spurs Pentagon to release base-closing documents (Liberman)

[The Straight Story]

Subpoena spurs Pentagon to release base-closing documents

By David McGlinchey
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The chairwoman and ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee said Tuesday that they have been successful in gaining more base realignment and closure documents from the Pentagon.

Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., issued a subpoena last week after the Pentagon delayed the public release of some BRAC papers. The Defense Department has proposed closing 33 major facilities nationwide, realigning 29 others, and closing or realigning hundreds of smaller military locations.

On Monday, Lieberman issued a statement saying the Pentagon has been "at least partially responsive" to questions about BRAC.

The recommendations have been sent to the nine-member BRAC commission and that group is scheduled to pass on its proposals to President Bush by Sept. 8. The president and Congress are required to accept or reject the base closures and realignments in their entirety.

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1. Awww Joe...didn't your good GOP buddies use lubricant this time??