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On the recordMay 20, 2004
I rise to support the committee and to support the 2-year delay in the BRAC process and oppose the Kennedy amendment. Why? Number one, BRAC's estimated costs are $15 billion and savings are not expected to be realized until at least 2011. These funds can be better used to equip our Humvees or pay hazard duty pay for members of our military or any other function today in winning the war on terror. Furthermore, the dynamics of the 2005 BRAC process are very different from previous rounds. There will not be a requisite force structure reduction as before. Our military will have to do the same or more in the future on a smaller footprint, with a smaller industrial base and with fewer critical assets. These assets cannot be reconstituted. BRAC will result in the permanent loss and knowledge of skills and industrial capacity. I urge my colleagues to support the committee and oppose the amendment.
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Jeb Bradley
Republican · New Hampshire
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Discussing the BRAC process and its implications for military funding and capacity.

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