Panel Considering Base Closures to Revisit San Diego
The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission announced its final schedule of regional hearings Wednesday and will visit San Diego on June 3.
Last week, the panel added more than 60 military installations to a Defense Department list of bases being considered for shutdown. Nine California facilities were added, and the hearings will give local officials and community leaders a chance to testify about the bases’ military and economic importance.
The commission will also give members of Congress a last opportunity to comment on the base-closing list at Washington hearings June 14-15.
The panel held hearings in Oakland and San Diego in late April on the 10 major state bases already targeted for closure. The newly added bases are being studied by the commission as possible alternatives to the Pentagon’s recommendations.
The commission will hold hearings in Columbus, Ohio, June 1; Grand Forks, N.D., June 2; San Diego, June 3; Spokane, Wash., June 4; Corpus Christi, Tex., June 6; Atlanta, June 8-9; Norfolk, Va., June 11; Boston, June 12.
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