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| | Rep. Simmons scores major BRAC victory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | The Pentagon's initial BRAC list, released May 13, recommended that the New London sub fleet relocate to Norfolk, Va. and Kings Bay, Ga. The Department of Defense had estimated about 8,460 military and civilian jobs were at stake. |
 | | Retired General Lloyd Newton, one of the nine commissioners, initiated the move to strike Groton from the list of 62 major bases the Department of Defense tapped for closure or realignment. |
 | | In a partial victory for New England on Wednesday, the BRAC panel also voted to keep open the Naval Shipyard Portsmouth in Kittery, Maine, sparing more than 4,000 civilian jobs. |
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