Pentagon exec, Kennedy to tour Hanscom base By Jon Chesto Saturday, February 7, 2004 Massachusetts' senior U.S. senator plans to bring a top Pentagon official on a tour of Hanscom Air Force Base next week as the campaign to save the Bedford military base intensifies. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, a Democrat, told business leaders yesterday at a Sun Microsystems office in Burlington that Defense Undersecretary Michael Wynne will visit next Friday as Pentagon leaders look to close bases starting next year. Bay State politicians are trying to convince Pentagon officials that high-tech expertise and proximity to research institutions should be...