Arlington County BRAC Project
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BRAC Updates
- February 3, 2012
- Another BRAC? Another opportunity, say Huntsville-area leaders
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's news that President Obama and the department will ask for another round of Base Realignment and Closures, or maybe two more rounds, sparked fierce opposition in Congress and alarm in many military-heavy communities. But not here. The possibility of a BRAC as early as 2013 with another in 2015 is seen by area leaders as more of an opportunity than a cause for concern.
- February 3, 2012
- Master Plan Approved For Intelligence Community Campus
A master plan for a new intelligence community campus in Bethesda has been unanimously approved by the National Capital Planning Commission, The Gazette reports.
- February 1, 2012
- McKeon on potential BRAC request: ‘Kill it'
Rep. Buck McKeon, Republican chair of the House Armed Services Committee, did not mince words when asked what he would do to a Pentagon request for domestic base closures. "Kill it," he told an audience Wednesday at a conference of the Reserve Officers Association. "That's going to be our approach."
- February 1, 2012
- GOP senators to release plan to stop triggered defense cuts
Five Republican senators will release their plan Thursday morning to stop as much as $500 billion in automatic cuts to defense spending slated to take effect in 2013.
- February 1, 2012
- Air Force Priorities for a New Strategy with Constrained Budgets
The Air Force’s fiscal 2013 budget submission will call for eliminating more than 280 aircraft across all components over the next five years, according to the ‘Air Force Priorities for a New Strategy with Constrained Budgets‘ white paper released Wednesday.
