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69. Secretary of Defense William Cohen has

become so frustrated with congressional inaction

on base closings that he has made the issue part of

his "stump speech." See Jim Garamone, "Cohen

Asks America to Support Military Base Closures,"

Armed Forces Press Service, January 29, 1999.

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