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2 The Pressure on Infrastructure and Capital Projects in the Federal Government
2 The Pressure on Infrastructure and Capital Projects in the Federal Government
Pages 8-10
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It is important to view infrastructure issues in the context of the mission that the infrastructure and capital improvements are designed to serve. The key elements of that mission have been defined by two important documents that have been issued in the past year, the Quadrennial Defense Review and the Defense Reform Initiative.
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The Quadrennial Defense Review, the Defense Reform Initiative' and the National Defense Panel created by Congress 1 year ago all concluded that the military base structure is larger than the force structure requires, even though over 100 major installations have already been closed. Second, base closures save money.
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It is critical that continued communications emphasize why these base closures are so important to the department's work, to the national security strategy, and to the young men and women in uniform.
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