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3. Defendant Donald Rumsfeld is the Secretary of Defense of the United States.
4. Pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, as
amended, Secretary Rumsfeld is authorized to make recommendations for the closure and
realignment of federal military bases in the United States to the Defense Base Closure and
Realignment Commission.
5. Defendant Anthony J. Principi has been named by the President of the
United States to be Chairman of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
6. Defendants James H. Bilbray; Phillip E. Coyle; Harold W. Gehman, Jr.;
James V. Hansen; James T. Hill; Lloyd W. Newton; Samuel K. Skinner; and Sue Ellen
Turner have been named by the President of the United States to be members of the
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
7. Pursuant to Sections 2903 and 2914 of the Defense Base Closure and
Realignment Act of 1990 as amended, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment
Commission is empowered to consider the recommendations of the Secretary of Defense
and make recommendations to the President of the United States for the closure and
realignment of military bases.
8. Pursuant to Sections 2903 and 2904 of the Defense Base Closure and
Realignment Act of 1990 as amended, the Secretary of Defense of the United States shall
close the bases recommended for closure by the Commission and realign the bases
recommended for realignment, unless the recommendation of the Defense Base Closure
and Realignment Commission is rejected by the President of the United States or
disapproved by a joint resolution of Congress.
9. The Air National Guard base at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport is used
for the administering and training of the reserve components of the armed forces.2
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Complaint filed by Illinois Gov Blagojevich against SecDef Rumsfeld and BRAC Commissioners, legal document, July 25, 2005; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc18490/m1/2/: accessed March 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.