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To: steve dietrich who wrote (263399)	5/5/2008 10:43:20 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 281500

I thought the point was to defund foreign bases. Apparently it was simply to move the bases from non oil producing nations to oil producing nations. They could at least have been clear about that. Geez Loueeze. CLOSING MILITARY BASES March 24, 2005 Auf Wiedersehen Correspondent Tom Bearden looks at the impact closing U.S. military bases in Europe has on servicemen and women, their families and the communities where they are located.... The Pentagon has announced plans to shut down half of the 400 U.S. bases in Europe over the next ten years, sending about 40,000 troops and 90,000 family members back to the United States.... pbs.org