The materials in FOIA 2010-0086-F are a systematically processed body of documents from White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject File categories ND004-01, ND009-01, ND009-02, and ND009-03. This material contains cover sheets, correspondence, resolutions, reports, and printed material....Read more
The materials in FOIA 2010-0086-F are a systematically processed body of documents from White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject File categories ND004-01, ND009-01, ND009-02, and ND009-03. This material contains cover sheets, correspondence, resolutions, reports, and printed material. 2010-0086-F 2 The materials in WHORM category ND004-01 (Manpower, Military) consist of unclassified and declassified cover sheets from the White House and National Security Council, which route correspondence. The correspondence includes letters to the President from Congressmen, local government officials, and citizens requesting that specific troops be brought home from the Gulf, suggesting that single parent military personnel with minor children not be deployed to the Gulf, and supporting the administration's proposed cuts in conventional forces in Europe. The materials in WHORM categories ND009-01 (Air Force Bases), ND009-02 (Army Bases), and ND009-02 (Navy-Marine Bases) consist of unclassified White House cover sheets, which route other documents, and correspondence from US and State Senators and Congressmen, governors, mayors, city councils, retired military personnel, attorneys, religious leaders, and private citizens, including elementary school children. The bulk of the correspondence opposes the closure of or cutbacks at specific Army, Navy, and Air Force bases, stations, shipyards, R&D labs, and training facilities as determined by the Defense Secretary's Commission on Base Realignment and Closure. In addition to opposing base closures, some of the correspondence suggests possible future uses for closed bases, such as transferring the land to the Department of the Interior for a wildlife preserve or using the land for a public airport. Also included are responses to many of these letters from White House staff and representatives from the Air Force, Navy, and Army. Resolutions from City Councils, Townships, and other local organizations oppose base closure, mostly for economic reasons. Reports and papers include a legal analysis by the Congressional Research Service on the benefits of transferring base land to the Fish and Wildlife Service and a report from the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce opposing the closure of the local Naval Shipyard. Printed Material consists of newspaper clippings regarding the impact of proposed base closure, background information on bases and their relationship to their communities, and proposed future uses for closed bases. Read less