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Friday, March 16, 2012

DoD witness urges Congress to approve two more BRAC rounds

[Virginia class]A senior DoD official urged Congress to authorize two more Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) rounds requested in the administration’s FY2013 budget.

Testifying last week before the Readiness Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), Dr. Dorothy Robyn, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment, said DoD needs to reduce excess capacity as it adjusts to force structure reductions and a new global posture.

She underscored Secretary Panetta’s warning that the significant reductions (-$487 billion over the next 10 years) required by the Budget Control Act call for bold actions to use defense resources more effectively.

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