Rumsfeld Denies, Then Admits, Excess-Bases Estimate
The Pentagon may not be as overloaded with military bases as it has indicated in recent years. The issue went back and forth last week at a press conference, when Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld claimed: "I don't know that I've said that we have 20-25% excess" and put the onus on assessments by...
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