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recommendation list at just above $ 37 billion. Between late May and late August, the Commission reviewed the list and amended many of the Pentagon's recommendations, removing several major installations from the closure list. The Commission calculated the overall 20-year savings to the government in carrying out its amended list of recommendations as close to $ 15 billion.
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50 billion over 20 years. The BRAC Commission (officially known as the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission) disputed this claim, pointing out what it considered to be significant flaws in the Department's methodology. The Commission recalculated the 20-year savings of the DOD
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The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission resulted in a $ 35 billion increase in military spending, partly due to building new facilities. The military claimed, however, that it also resulted in a $ 4 billion reduction in annual spending.
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It was the only stand-alone round authorized by Congress (the 1988 BRAC round was initiated by the Secretary of Defense, and the 1991–1995 rounds were authorized together in the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of
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The 2005 BRAC round was the fifth since the process was initiated in 1988, and the first since 1995. It differed significantly from preceding rounds in several respects:
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It was the first BRAC to impact the National Guard such that, several states filed legal proceedings to stay or have recommendations thrown out
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was required to begin implementing the recommendations by September 15, 2007, and to complete implementation no later than September 15, 2011.
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officials calculated that, if adopted in full by the nine-member BRAC Commission, the recommendations would have saved almost
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It was the only round as part of a worldwide defense infrastructure review including U.S. installations overseas
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It was the first with a nine-member commission (the 1991, 1993, and 1995 commissions had eight members)
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and the "realignment" (either enlarging or shrinking) of 33 others. On September 15, 2005, President
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It was the first BRAC round focused on military force transformation, not infrastructure reduction
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approved the BRAC Commission's recommendations, leaving the fate of the bases in question to the
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improve cooperation between military service branches while training and fighting
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By merging adjacent installations belonging to different services, 13
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in Texas was renamed Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center
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Short summary of closure and realignment impacts by state
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Major facilities slated for realignment included these:
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convert unneeded capacity into warfighting capability
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William Yardley and Katie Zezima (August 25, 2005).
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Major facilities slated for closure included these:
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rearrange forces to be able to act around the globe
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Gordon R. England
Vern Clark
Michael Hagee
United States Department of Defense
Base Realignment and Closure
United States
military bases
George W. Bush
United States Congress
Ray LaHood
Secretary of Defense
Anthony Principi
James H. Bilbray
Philip Coyle
Harold W. Gehman, Jr.
James V. Hansen
James T. Hill
Lloyd W. Newton
Samuel K. Skinner
Sue E. Turner

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