Armed Services chief: No 'appetite' for new round of base closures | TheHill: The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee says there is little support on his panel among Republicans or Democrats for a new round of military base closures.
“I don’t think there’s a lot of appetite on the committee, on either side, to do that,” Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) told reporters after the panel’s inaugural meeting of the new Congress.
“I think we need to have this conversation about what our role in the world is before we start giving stuff up,” he added. “Because once you give up a base or a training range, you’re not going to get it back.”
