Posted on 06/28/2002 11:49:28 PM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:55:02 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Business leaders and lawmakers yesterday expressed sharp reservations about Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's plan to put limits on new defense construction and leasing within 100 miles of the Pentagon.
Robert A. Peck, president of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, the region's largest chamber of commerce, said the defense chief's proposal defies logic and would endanger the region's economy.
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