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WHAT’S NEWS? (late October 2007)

This page has news from late October, 2007 on the BRAC process affecting Montgomery County and the surrounding region. 

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• 10-31-07 Politico:  Agenda focuses on returning troops
• 10-31-07 Gazette.Net:  $416 million requested to speed up BRAC moves
• 10-31-07 NBC4.com (Associated Press):  Porcari: Md. Needs at Least $400M for Transportation -- Secretary Pushes For Tax Increases To Maintain Aging Bridges, Meet Other Needs
• 10-31-07 Associated Press:  VA and Pentagon Agree to Improve Care
• 10-31-07 U.S. Department of Defense Press Release:  DoD, VA Announce "Recovery Coordinators for Wounded Warriors and Their Families
• 10-31-07 WTOP News.Com:  Will Small Businesses be Left Out in BRAC?
• 10-31-07 Baltimore Sun:  BRAC's big boom is likely oversold
• 10-31-07 Baltimore Sun:  Brown ties BRAC economic promise to tax plan
• 10-30-07 The Military Families Network (Armed Forces Press Service):  Landstuhl Outpatient Facility Makes Good on Promise to Wounded
• 10-30-07 NBC4.Com TV News:  New PTSD Treatment Exposes Vets to 'Reality' -- Experts Say Virtual Reality Therapy Helps Vets Deal With Memories
• 10-30-07 Frederick News-Post:  Chamber hears from budget committee members
• 10-30-07 Washington Post:  Planner's First Test Coming Today -- Council Will Take Up Montgomery Growth Plan
• 10-30-07 Congressional Quarterly CQ Politics:  Bush Picks Peake as Veterans Affairs Secretary; Hearings May be Weeks Away
• 10-30-07 Associated Press:  Bush to Nominate New Veterans Secretary
• 10-30-07 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  More ammo for fort fight -- GAO: Pentagon's data on BRAC move flawed
• 10-29-07 Baltimore Business Journal:  Developer's plans could take travelers off the road and onto a boat
• 10-29-07 DefenseNews.Com:  Bush's Supplemental Request Has Non-War Spending
• 10-28-07 Baltimore Sun:  Growth and traffic are key issues in Bel Air -- town braces for growth amid the BRAC influx
• 10-28-07 Baltimore Sun:  Op-Ed – Time to face reality of nation’s crushing liabilities
• 10-28-07 Hampton Roads Virginan-Pilot:  New Navy surgeon general weighs civilian roles in changing times
• 10-27-07 Baltimore Sun:  2 groups denounce O'Malley tax plan
• 10-26-07 Annapolis Capital:  Federal workers getting $120,000 to relocate from Arlington to Fort Meade
• 10-26-07 Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger:  Judge keeps Ft. Monmouth union's suit alive
• 10-26-07 Gazette.Net:  Developer sought for Baltimore waterfront parcel
• 10-26-07 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  No halt to Fort Monmouth's closing, yet -- Union's suit still on active status
• 10-26-07 Frederick News-Post:  Biotechnology booming in Frederick County
• 10-26-07 Baltimore Sun:  Forum on BRAC draws hundreds
• 10-25-07 NNMC Journal:  Full Parking Lots Causing Staff Member Headaches
• 10-25-07 NNMC Journal:  Bethesda Hosts Large-Scale Disaster Drill
• 10-25-07 WRAMC Stripe:  HighBore 08 -- Exercise prepares Walter Reed for disasters
• 10-25-07 Fort Detrick Standard:  Isolation team tested during exercise
• 10-25-07 Stafford County (VA) Sun:  Business leaders briefed on BRAC
• 10-25-07 Baltimore Sun:  Op-Ed -- Transportation funding must rise now in Md.
• 10-25-07 The Jeffersonian.Com (Baltimore County):  Hospital expansion plan under way
• 10-25-07 Washington Post:  BRAC Plan Expected to Bring 22,000 Homeowners
• 10-25-07 Maryland Daily Record:  Bracing for BRAC – Maryland’s community colleges prepare to seize the opportunity
  
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