As the Senate prepares to tackle its fiscal year 2013 defense bills, an Alaska senator is pushing an amendment that would prohibit the Defense Department from closing bases without first conducting cost-benefit analyses and giving Congress additional time to review base-closure suggestions. The amendment, introduced by Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) last night, already has the support of several senators with bases that were either slated for closure or inventory reduction in DOD's FY-13 budget request. It would tweak language in...
