Box 50

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Folder contains biographical material on staff members of the House Armed Services Committee, notes on base closing, paper by Joseph R. Wright Jr. on why bases could not be closed, and remarks by William S. Cohen on economic benefits of base closure.

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Topics include cost benefits of base closure. Correspondents include Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, House Armed Services Committee, Bart Gordon, and Center for Economic Conversion.

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Topics include cost benefits of base closure and pork barrel. Correspondents include Pat Swindall, Larry Craig, Jon Kyl, William V. Roth, Jack Brooks, and Citizens Against Government Waste.

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Topics include Robert S. McNamara, Commission on Base Realignment and Closure, James Smith, Thomas F. Eagleton, William H. Rowden, Richard Cheney, Les Aspin, and defense budget. Briefings were with William J. Perry and with William S. Cohen. Folder also contains a special edition of Current News, which included news stories on base closure from newspapers, magazines, and wire services.

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This folder contains a variety of notes, lists, schedules, potential vote tallies, staff memos, and staff reminiscences concerning the Defense Savings Act of 1987 and the Defense Savings Act of 1988. Material in the folder indicated that Richard K. Armey and/or his staff planned to write a book on base closure.

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This folder contains a variety of notes, lists, schedules, potential vote tallies, staff memos, and staff reminiscences concerning the Defense Savings Act of 1987 and the Defense Savings Act of 1988. Material in the folder indicated that Richard K. Armey and/or his staff planned to write a book on base closure.

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Topics include environmental concerns of bases slated for closure, charter of the Commission on Base Realignment and Closure, lists of bases proposed for closure, and talking points on base closure.

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Topics include list of bases proposed for closure, membership of the Base Closure and Realignment Commission, and economic savings.

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Folder contains briefing paper on economic conversion; briefing paper on disarmament; excerptions from Wild Blue Yonder: Money, Politics, and the B-1 Bomber by Nick Kotz; an article on parochialism and military base closure; and a case study on base closure.

Scope and Contents Folder contains statement by Richard K. Armey before first meeting of the Base Closure and Realignment Commission; statements before the House Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities re 1988 recommended closures by Patricia Schroeder, Terry L. Bruce, Frank R. Lautenberg, and Ed Madigan; testimony by Frank Conahan (assistant comptroller general) before the House Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities re analysis of the base closure commission's methodology,...