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To: energyplay who wrote (396)	9/11/2005 6:34:07 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217752

Correct: a pattern emerges: close down or move to cheaper place. Kyrgyz may be closed, Uzbekistan requested that the United States close Turkmenistan is deying. Bases as a way to annoy Russians and Iranians. Turkmenistan denies plans to allocate airfield for US base ITAR-TASS, Russia - Sep 8, 2005 ... Commenting on the media reports alleging Turkmenistan's allocating its territory for the deployment of a US military base, the Russian minister noted that ... Kyrgyz president: US base may be closed Kyrgyzstan Development Gateway, Kyrgyzstan - Sep 7, 2005 The president of Kyrgyzstan says closing down a US military base there depends on continued improvement in the military situation in Afghanistan. ...

To: energyplay who wrote (396)	9/11/2005 6:41:16 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217752

At home: "the Pentagon had recommended closing 33 major bases. The panel approved 21 of those closures, but proposed scaling back forces at seven of those bases rather than shutting the doors entirely. In the most high-profile decisions, the panel decided to keep open five major bases the Pentagon wanted to scrap." "The Base Realignment and Closure Commission said the Pentagon overestimated savings by $30 billion and that some of the proposals for streamlining the Army, Navy and Air Force might have made the services less efficient." Political nightmare closing those things.