Virginia politicians plan JFCOM counterattack

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Virginia politicians plan JFCOM counterattack
By William Matthews - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Aug 13, 2010 12:03:41 EDT

Reeling from the abrupt announcement Aug. 9 that the U.S. Joint Forces Command is targeted for closure, Virginia lawmakers spent the week planning a legal counterattack.

Losing the Norfolk-based command, which employs about 2,800 military and civilian personnel and another 3,000 contractors, could mean job losses for hundreds or even thousands of Virginians.

And the way Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to dismantle the command may violate U.S. law governing military base realignments and closures, the lawmakers say.

“The gross unfairness of it is hitting everyone,” said Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va. “The federal government does not have an obligation to be job creator,” but it does have an obligation to follow the law.

The law in question is the 1990 Base Realignment and Closure Act, which says, in part, that base realignments that involve more than 999 civilian employees must be decided through the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process.

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1. It is bad but how about the gross unfairness of

closing the auto factories in Detroit. Closing manufacturing in the North East. Gee when it hits YOUR STATE it is unfair. But YOUR republican policies that caused all the mess everywhere else is OK>...tsk tsk tsk.