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...Congress must accept or reject it by the end of the year. Until then, Thune has vowed to lead the congressional fight to delay the closings and may vote against key White House legislation--bringing new meaning to the election-year tactic of playing to your base. --By Douglas Waller...
...Jazeera was planning a potentially damaging story about the U.S. military, Defense officials say a phone call went out to a Persian Gulf officer who was an alumnus. He put them in touch with a relative working at the network who got the piece toned down. --By Douglas Waller...
...Chief of Staff. Since then, Schoomaker, a former Delta Force commando who's fought all over the world, has been busy creating what both men want: a completely reorganized ground force with smaller more versatile fighting units. Schoomaker, 59, sat down with TIME's Sally Donnelly and Douglas Waller to explain the challenges of changing the Army - and working for a very demanding boss...
...work force; implement the closing or realigning of bases around the U.S.; and supervise the Quadrennial Defense Review, which will decide what weapons get funded or axed during the next four years. England, says a senior Pentagon official, "is a closer who knows how to solve problems." By Douglas Waller...
...science centers like M.I.T. The state also hopes that one of its hired guns, former Illinois Senator Alan Dixon, will give it an edge because of another job he once had: he chaired the base-closing commission in 1995, the last time the mothballs started flying. --By Douglas Waller...