Destroying Cities, Saving Bases?

You had to know this was coming: Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., says that in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush should reject the recommendation of the Base Closure and Realignment Commission to close two naval bases in the Gulf Coast region. The people, ships and helicopters on the bases "were some of the very first responders on the scene to support victims of this disaster," Lott and Rep. Solomon Ortiz, D-Texas, wrote to Bush.