Keeping Politics Out of the Base Closing Process
Timothy J. Poe
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Keeping Politics Out of the Base Closing Process

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This research paper examines to evolution of the Base Realignment and Closing (BRAC) process from its inception through the most recent round of closings. Although originally designed to prevent politicians from interfering with a closings inside their constituency, the legislation was significantly undermined in 2005. Two specific cases, Ellsworth AFB in South Dakota and Groton Submarine Base in Connecticut, provided multiple examples of how politics have returned to apply pressure and possibly affect the outcome. Whether either of these bases should have been closed or remain open, was not t...