Washington- Safe for a decade, military bases in the United States face an uncertain future. The Pentagon plans to shut down or scale back some of the 425 facilities, the first such effort to save money in 10 years. The downsizing is part of Defense Seretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's long-term transformation of the Cold War- era military. The Pentagon chief argues that closing or consolidating stateside facilities could save 7 billion annually and that the money would be better spent improving fighting capabilities amid threats from terrorists.
| Lousy idea. Really lousy idea. Think Pearl Harbor, with all those ships, and all those aircraft, neatly lined up... |
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