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Base-closing dims Republican star
chicago sun times ^ | August 22, 2005 | Robert Novak

Posted on 08/22/2005 7:13:27 PM PDT by flixxx

The Base Realignment and Closure Commission will have finished its work by week's end, and Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota probably will be closed forever.

(Excerpt) Read more at suntimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: South Dakota
KEYWORDS: 109th; brac; ellsworthafb; novak; thune
Pretty harsh from Novak...too bad for Thune but wasn't the purpose of the BRAC to take the politics out of the decisions and base the closings on the best available evidence???
1 posted on 08/22/2005 7:13:28 PM PDT by flixxx
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To: flixxx

Make a third thread for this topic!


2 posted on 08/22/2005 7:15:32 PM PDT by SteveMcKing ("I was born a Democrat. I expect I'll be a Democrat the day I leave this earth." -Zell Miller '04)
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To: SteveMcKing

Sorry about the 'double post'...don't know how it happened...if the administrator would please remove one?


3 posted on 08/22/2005 7:17:06 PM PDT by flixxx
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To: flixxx

Of course local Democrats will wag their fingers and claim that if Tom Daschle had been re-elected this wouldn't have happened.


4 posted on 08/22/2005 8:01:34 PM PDT by The Great RJ (q)
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