House panel: Don’t even think about more base closings
It wasn’t enough for lawmakers to refuse approval of additional rounds of base closings; they have voted to stop the Pentagon from spending any money on even considering the idea.
The Military Times reports the House Armed Services Committee, which omitted the Pentagon’s request to authorize two more rounds of base closings in the 2013 defense authorization bill, added a provision to the bill that would specifically bar spending any money next year “to propose, plan for or execute” the base closing and realignment process. The 44-18 vote came Wednesday.
