2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 1 Feb 2006 21:34:08 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Oceana (VA) buffer not received
 
Pentagon warns Beach's plan won't meet criteria

By DALE EISMAN
The Virginian-Pilot
February 1, 2006


WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has warned state and Virginia Beach officials that their efforts to limit commercial and residential development near Oceana Naval Air Station “may not fully address” the demands of a federal base-closing commission.


A letter by Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon R. England voices “concerns” about the city’s refusal to condemn homes and businesses in high-risk accident-potential zones near the base. It does not indicate whether defense officials will answer that stand by moving Oceana’s fighter aircraft.

The Virginian-Pilot obtained a copy of the Jan. 26 letter, which was addressed to Virginia Sen. John W. Warner, on Tuesday. Warner, the state’s senior representative in Washington, has joined other area officials in pressing the Department of Defense to preserve Oceana as the Navy’s East Coast master jet base.

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For the entire article, see
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=98901&ran=225291

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