Bouncing Bases From the List

The independent base-closing commission won't be a "rubber stamp," chairman Anthony Principi tells the NY Times. Maybe not, but changing the Pentagon's list won't be easy. Some installations could be spared the ax, but adding others to replace them on the closure rolls will be difficult: Seven out of the nine commissioners must vote to add a base to the list. In the past, it only took five votes to put a base on the list.