Mr. Carlucci has strongly supported efforts to close unneeded or obsolete military bases and advocated the law passed last year that created the special government commission.

Start with the billions of dollars the Defense Department wastes each year operating an aging infrastructure and maintaining unneeded bases.

A commission created by Congress to close unneeded military bases will consider a new list of candidates around the nation next year.

Six years ago, in a stroke of political enlightenment, Congress created a new process for shutting unneeded military bases.

Close down all those unneeded military bases now.

Swiftly and convincingly, the House has approved the closing of 34 unneeded military bases.

In May, the House of Representatives voted on an amendment to establish a bipartisan commission empowered to close unneeded military bases.

Further savings can also be found by closing unneeded military bases.

Amendments run the gamut from restrictions on the testing of weapons in space, to such earthly matters as how to close unneeded military bases.

Congressional pressure to relocate military hardware, keep open unneeded bases and pad orders for local defense plants continually bloats the military budget.