1.   Thousands of workers have been dislocated by recent military base closures.

2.   A reduction in government jobs resulting from military base closures and lower education employment also contributed, state economists said.

3.   Coverdell sent Nunn a note Tuesday suggesting the sort of team approach the state delegation has used in fighting military base closures.

4.   Former Democratic Sen. Alan J. Dixon of Illinois is expected to be named chairman of the federal military base closure commission, administration and congressional officials said Friday.

5.   In adjacent Alameda County, military base closures have offset job gains in other industries to keep employment flat.

6.   Led by Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican, Brownback joined a half-dozen others seeking to set up a commission modeled after the military base closure commission.

7.   The Antelope Valley has been fortunate to avoid military base closures that have struck Long Beach and Victorville.

8.   The latest round of military base closures in the United States, the fourth, was supposed to be the last.

9.   The remaining money is earmarked for the Office of Economic Adjustment, which provides community grants to businesses that may suffer financially because of military base closures.

10.   The Senate on Wednesday rejected a White House-backed proposal for further military base closures.