11.   A Department of Defense report last month called for two more rounds of base closures.

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

13.   A skeptical base closure commission last week questioned details in the Air Force proposal and placed the five depots on a list of facilities being reviewed for elimination.

14.   Acting Air Force Secretary Whitten Peters warned Friday that he might close military bases on his own authority if Congress ignores Pentagon requests for another round of base closures.

15.   All the jobs at Kelly could have been lost under the original base closure decision.

16.   But Lott argued that the base closure process was flawed from the start.

17.   But support for base closures has grown in the Senate.

18.   By toying with the idea of rejecting the recommended base closures, Clinton injected politics into a procedure that was designed to avoid that very problem.

19.   California congressional delegation meets late this afternoon with White House officials on proposed base closure options.

20.   Comments from Representatives whose districts would be affected by base closures.