-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Administration will push for closures -- -- Again What's the difference between Clinton & Bush! Nada! Associated Press The Bush administration will push for a new round of military base closings to free up money to modernize the armed forces, but if recent history is a guide, Congress will resist. Offering few details — including any list of targeted bases — the administration said on Feb. 28 in a summary of the defense portion of its proposed 2002 budget that the military has a 23 percent surplus of bases. “It is clear that new rounds of base closures will be necessary to shape the military more efficiently,” it said. It did not say how many rounds or propose a means for choosing closure candidates. The last round of base closings was approved by Congress in 1995. Loren Thompson, a defense analyst at the Lexington Institute think tank, said that President George W. Bush stands a better chance than former President Bill Clinton did of winning congressional approval for base closings. However, Thompson questioned whether the administration will push hard if resistance stiffens. Bush proposed total defense spending of $310 billion for the 2002 budget year that starts Oct. 1, up dlrs 14 billion from the current budget. The 2002 figure is the same Clinton proposed before he left office. The document provided few details of Bush’s defense spending priorities beyond saying he would provide $400 million for military housing improvements, $3.9 billion for expanded health benefits authorized by Congress last year, $2.6 billion for extra research and development and $1.4 billion for pay raises. Of the $1.4 billion in pay raises, $400,000 is for across-the-board increases; the rest would be targeted at certain jobs for which the services have had trouble finding recruits or keeping experienced people. The administration hasn’t said which targeted positions would get the extra money. The president has said most spending decisions will await the outcome of three major reviews under way at the Pentagon: A “strategic review” by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to determine what kind of military is needed for the 21st century and how it should be used; a study of how much further to cut the nation’s nuclear weapons arsenal and how to build an effective defense against missiles; and a review of the “overall quality of life” for military personnel. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substancenot soap-boxingplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
