Pentagon recommends Kirtland program closure

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s U.S. senators are promising to fight the Pentagon’s plans to close a Kirtland Air Force Base space program to deal with the federal budget squeeze.

The Albuquerque Journal (http://bit.ly/162nIjW ) reports the Operationally Responsive Space Office employs about 100 people and was set up to develop small, cheap satellites for the military.

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