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Senate panel shoots down Pentagon request to close bases

By Jacqueline Klimas
Published May 10, 2016 7:34pm ET
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Senate panel shoots down Pentagon request to close bases
"I do not want to give the department the open-ended authority to pursue another BRAC round that will incur significant up front costs when we do not have room in our budget over the next year to afford many fundamental readiness investments," Kelly Ayotte said. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg, File) | Andrew Harrer

Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., said Tuesday that she will not authorize the Pentagon’s request for another round of base closures in her mark of the fiscal 2017 defense bill.

The chairwoman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support said during a mark up that it’s not the right time for the U.S. military to get rid of infrastructure through base realignment and closure as threats facing the country go up.

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