91.   The independent Base Realignment and Closure Commission is scheduled to order a new round of base closures in the coming year.

92.   These include possible future rounds of base closures to further streamline the military, Pentagon officials said.

93.   While acknowledging the difficulty of gaining congressional approval for another round of base closures, Rumsfeld said he saw no alternative.

94.   In addition, the defense secretary also is pinning his strategy on savings realized from more base closures, privatizing maintenance depots, and reorganizing and downsizing support functions.