Panel seems generally receptive to Pentagon's closure proposals

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

WASHINGTON -- A commission charged with reviewing the Pentagon's proposal to close or downsize 62 major domestic military facilities sounded largely receptive as Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld testified Monday that the sweeping reorganization was vital to U.S. success in the war on terrorism.

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