51.   Some senators attacked the base closure process as unfairly targeting certain states, while others said the projected savings from closures was overstated.

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

53.   The base closure commission debates closing Philadelphia military installations.

54.   The base closure process, established at the end of the Cold War, is intended to be nonpolitical.

55.   The base closure commission recommended closing the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard last week.

56.   The base closures include the South Weymouth Naval Air Station in Massachusetts.

57.   The Bush administration has not yet formally announced whether it will seek congressional approval for new base closures.

58.   The army base was among those military installations targeted for closure Friday by the base closure commission in Washington, D.C.

59.   The base closure commission is scheduled to announce its decision Thursday.

60.   The delegation thus far has not contacted the base closure commission.