After declining to seek a base realignment and closure round in its latest budget request, the Pentagon is weighing new approaches to evaluating installations and dealing with excess property, according to a top Defense Department official. Lucian Niemeyer, assistant secretary of defense for energy, installations and environment, said Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has tasked his office with determining how to best approach excess capacity. "We've been asking for six years for the ability to close bases," Niemeyer said Monday at...
