Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Obama to close Virginia military base that employs 5000

"US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has recommended axeing one of the ten major US military commands in a major reallocation of defence spending.

He has said that he wants to find savings of about $100bn (£63bn) in the military budget in the next five years....

  • The Joint Forces Command, based in Virginia,
  • employs 5,000 people and trains troops from the different services to work together."...

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