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Telling residents of military towns that the U.S. needs to close more bases is probably not a fun job. Yet that’s what Defense Secretary Leon Panetta did last week when he spoke at the annual meeting of the Association of Defense Communities about the inevitability of another round of closures by the Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC).
\”There is a strategic and fiscal imperative that is driving the Department…towards a smaller, and leaner, and more agile force. That’s a reality,\” said Panetta. \”It is an important debate that we have to have, and frankly, it’s not going away.\”
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