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Guidelines for a Better—and Necessary—Round of

Guidelines for a Better—and Necessary—Round of

Guidelines for a Better—and Necessary—Round of BRAC

In President Donald Trump’s budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2018, he asked Congress to authorize a new round of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). For the sixth year in a row, Congress denied that authorization. Despite Congress’s intransigence, the need for base closures and realignment is not going away. The Department of Defense (DOD) has approximately 20 percent excess infrastructure,

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