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NTU, Americans for Prosperity, Americans for
Tax Reform, Coalitions for America, Council
for Citizens Against Government Waste, and the
National Center for Public Policy Research.
The statement noted that fears of economic
devastation in areas affected by base closures
have been largely proven wrong over the past 15
years of BRAC's operation, and in fact "there are
now dozens of success stories where benefits
have flowed to communities whose bases are
converted to better uses."
The participants also warned lawmakers not to
be swayed by BRAC opponents who claim that
the latest round is designed to ease fiscal
pressures merely to keep overseas bases open. In
reality, roughly 30 percent of the Pentagon's
infrastructure in Germany and South Korea is
being shut down.
"We urge you to oppose this resolution (of
disapproval) and to let the BRAC process go
forward," the signatories concluded. "Put the
BRAC bases back to work for America."
Local News Articles
Bethesda, Walter Reed Move Forward
with Integration
Bethesda Journal (Bethesda, MD)
Chris Walz
October 13, 2005
Leaders at the National Naval Medical Center
and Walter Reed Army Medical Center are
crunching numbers and sifting through each
clinics' operational needs before finalizing
integration plans for the two facilities.
National Naval Medical Center Commander
RDML Adam Robinson and Walter Reed
Medical Center Commander Gen. Kenneth
Farmer met with staff from both facilities Aug.
18 to share their integration vision. They said
integrating the medical centers will happen
whether or not Congress approves the 2005 Base
Realignment and Closure recommendations.The commission recommended, and President
George W. Bush approved, a plan to realign and
integrate the military health care system at
Bethesda and Walter Reed.
Robinson and Farmer said the new facility will
be "a world-class tertiary-care, teaching and
research medical center that's jointly staffed."
The Base Realignment and Closure Commission
officials have recommended the new center be
named the Walter Reed National Military
Medical Center.
Robinson and Farmer also announced late last
week that the Office of Integration is officially
online. They named Army Col. Thomas
Fitzpatrick as director and Navy CAPT Michael
Malanoski as deputy director.
Malanoski said there are three different areas for
integration. The first, he said, is unifying care
and resources at Bethesda and Walter Reed. The
second area is the Base Realignment and
Closure Commission's initiative to close the
Army hospital and create a joint service facility
at Bethesda -- and expand Fort Belvoir's DeWitt
Army Community Hospital to provide care in
the southern parts of the National Capital region.
Finally, he said, is organizing all of the military
treatment facilities in the area into one health
care organization.
The Integration Office's initial focus is on
Bethesda and Walter Reed. Robinson and
Farmer said they expect to see integrated clinical
services, Graduate Education programs and
health care operations in 12 to 18 months. They
expect the Bethesda and Walter Reed integration
to be complete in about 18 to 24 months.
In the meantime, the Integration Office is also
working with the Multi-Service Market Office
on for a new tertiary care hospital at Bethesda,
should Congress accept the Base Realignment
and Closure recommendations. The two offices
are also working on the new community hospital
at Belvoir.
"There are a lot of moving pieces and they are
all moving at different speeds," Malanoski said.
"But, in the end, we're all going to get to theBRAC Commission Early Bird
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