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    Andersen AFB Saves $25 Million with Contamination Cleanup Concept

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    Created: Tuesday, 12 March 2013 00:00
    U.S. Air Force - March 12, 2013, By Senior Airman Robert Hicks, 36th Wing Public Affairs 3/12/2013 - ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AFNS) -- Members of the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron Environmental Flight are working on containing contamination to prote...
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    Transportation Center to Open at APG

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    Created: Friday, 08 March 2013 00:00
    The Baltimore Sun - March 8, 2013, By DAVID ANDERSON APG, Harford County, working to give employees alternate transportation options In the wake of a lengthy BRAC process that has brought more jobs – and traffic – to Harford County, a transportation...
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    BRAC Savings Estimates Were Flawed, Report Says

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    Created: Friday, 08 March 2013 00:00
    Government Executive - March 8, 2013, By Charles S. Clark The 2005 Base Closure and Realignment Commission may have achieved recurring annual savings, but flawed cost estimates produced a doubling of anticipated expenses, the Government Accountability Of...
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    Gov. Scott Announces $2.6 Million in Defense Grants for Florida

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    Created: Tuesday, 19 February 2013 00:00
    Broward News - February 19, 2013, By Mark Young TALLAHASSEE – Today, Governor Rick Scott announced the 2012-13 Florida Defense Support Task Force Grants. The grants, totaling $2.6 million, have been awarded to ten projects that serve to protect militar...
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    Birds Bedevil Military Pilots at MacDill, Nationwide

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    Created: Thursday, 14 February 2013 00:00
    The Tampa Tribune - February 14, 2013, By Howard Altman TAMPA -- On May 24, Royal Canadian Air Force Capt. Andrew Wetmore was preparing to land at MacDill Air Force Base in a Challenger jet when he saw three large birds ahead of him. What happened next ...
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    Navy Selects Lemoore for F35 Fighter Base

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    Created: Thursday, 14 February 2013 00:00
    The Business Journal - February 14, 2013, By John Lindt The U.S. Navy has given a preliminary nod to basing the West Coast squadron of the next generation of stealth fighters at Naval Air Station, Lemoore, rather than El Centro near San Diego. ...
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    N.C. Coastal Land Trust Protects 678 Acres

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    Created: Saturday, 09 February 2013 00:00
    Sun Journal (New Bern) - February 9, 2013 NEW BERN — North Carolina Coastal Land Trust added another 678 acres of protected land near military bases last week through a partnership with the state of North Carolina, the Marine Corps and the Navy. Luken...
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    Defending Against Defense Cuts

    News Clippings
    Created: Thursday, 31 January 2013 00:00
    USA Today - January 31, 2013, By Tim Mullaney Communities Prep for Job Losses If a Big Employer Is Hit Bridget Lauderdale remembers the broad green sea -- in the parking lot. The Lockheed Martin executive was two years out of her internship when then-D...
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    Eckstrom Tells Military Base Leaders That South Carolina May Face a Perfect Storm of Budget Pressures

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    Created: Tuesday, 29 January 2013 00:00
    AP Newswire - January 29, 2013, By Susanne M. Schafer Columbia, S.C. (AP) - Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom warned South Carolina's military base supporters that ongoing budget pressures could merge with future base closures and slash the military's...
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    Kansas Leaders Discuss Military's Future in State

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    Created: Wednesday, 23 January 2013 00:00
    The Topeka Capital-Journal - January 23, 2013, By JOHN MILBURN, Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Governor's Military Council is preparing to make the case for maintaining the presence of the armed forces in Kansas ahead of likely widespread cut...
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    Senior Military Officials Order Trims as Pentagon Prepares for Shortfall

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    Created: Tuesday, 22 January 2013 00:00
    The Washington Post - January 22, 2013, By Ernesto Londoño Bracing for the possibility of steep congressionally mandated budget cuts, senior military officials have issued directives for fiscal retrenchment that include a 30 percent cut for Army base op...
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    Governor Seeks $10 Million for WR Military ‘Gateway Center’

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    Created: Tuesday, 22 January 2013 00:00
    Macon Telegraph - January 22, 2013, By Maggie Lee Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal is asking the state Legislature to approve a $10 million school in Warner Robins that would offer academic credentials to members of the military to round out their armed services...
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    McClellan Park Getting Additional Property in Return for Privatized Cleanup

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    Created: Tuesday, 15 January 2013 00:00
    Sacramento Business Journal - January 15, 2013, By Melanie Turner Gov. Jerry Brown has approved the early transfer of another 528 acres from the U.S. Air Force to Sacramento County, which is turning it over to McClellan Business Park LLC for privatized c...
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    Defense Plans Precautionary Cutbacks

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    Created: Friday, 11 January 2013 00:00
    The Washington Post - January 11, 2013, By Craig Whitlock The Pentagon will impose a freeze on hiring civilians, slash operating costs on military bases and take other immediate steps to trim spending in preparation for the possibility that Congress will...
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    Obama's Budget Is Running Late

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    Created: Tuesday, 08 January 2013 00:00
    Roll Call - January 8, 2013, By Paul Krawzak The Obama administration’s fiscal 2014 budget is widely expected to arrive late on Capitol Hill, possibly not until sometime in March, primarily as a result of uncertainty created by fiscal cliff negotiation...
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    Defense Industry Fears Sequestration Delay Won't Stop Pentagon Cuts

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    Created: Sunday, 06 January 2013 00:00
    The Hill - January 6, 2013, By Jeremy Herb The defense industry is worried last week's budget deal on taxes could damage its negotiating position for the next “fiscal cliff” deadline two months from now, when across-the-board spending cuts would take...
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    Pentagon Faces Complex Battle Over New Sequestration Deadline

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    Created: Friday, 04 January 2013 00:00
    Stars and Stripes - January 4, 2013, By JOYCE TSAI WASHINGTON – The last-minute scramble by Congress to avoid the fiscal cliff averted the doomsday scenario of sequestration cuts kicking in this week, but Pentagon officials are fully aware that the war...
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    Interview: Brett Lambert, U.S. Defense Department's Industrial Policy Chief

    News Clippings
    Created: Monday, 17 December 2012 00:00
    Defense News - December 17, 2012, By Zachary Fryer-Biggs Not long ago, the industrial base policy office at the Pentagon was relegated to afterthought status during years of booming defense spending. Allocation of resources takes a back seat when the mon...
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    Ga. Makes New Push To Protect Military Bases

    News Clippings
    Created: Saturday, 15 December 2012 00:00
    ArmyTimes - December 15, 2012, By Russ Bynum, Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga.--With nine bases contributing an estimated $20 billion to the state's economy each year, Georgia has good reason to want to protect its investment in the military--and good reas...
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    Defense Workforce

    News Clippings
    Created: Friday, 14 December 2012 00:00
    The Washington Post - December 14, 2012, By Eric Yoder Washington-area members of the House will ask their colleagues to reject a Senate plan that could result in about a 5 percent loss of Defense Department civilian positions, along with a similar cut i...




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