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WHAT’S NEWS? (mid-October 2007)

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

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• 10-24-07 Gazette.Net:  Purple Line planners hold public meeting
• 10-24-07 Military.com:  Soldier Survives Stab-Wound to Head
• 10-24-07 Connection Newspapers (Northern Virginia):  GSA Site vs. Victory Center?  Not Really -- It's a question of ownership, not just 'force protection.'
• 10-24-07 Gazette.Net:  Annual drill highlights disaster readiness
• 10-24-07 Maryland Gazette (Glen Burnie):  BRAC prep focuses on 'Meade Transportation Zone'
• 10-24-07 Maryland Gazette (Glen Burnie): Marketplace: Fort Meade job fair (scroll down for info)
• 10-24-07 Annapolis Capitol:  Experts see over-developed Annapolis -- Large crowd told region faces unprecedented growth, hears solutions
• 10-24-07 Sen. Mikulski Press Release:  Team Maryland Delivers on Promises for BRAC-Impacted Communities in Spending Bill
• 10-24-07 Gazette.Net:  Developer proposes major mixed-use project -- Plan calls for office and research space, housing, restaurants, retail and hotel near FDA, future hospital site (This item relates to a previous BRAC-round closure and subsequent re-use of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in White Oak.)
• 10-24-07 Gazette.Net:  Growth goes from picket fences to high-rises in Bethesda
• 10-24-07 Gazette.Net:  Navy Med neighbors want say in military merger
• 10-23-07 Newswise Science News:  Healing the Wounds of War -- Novel Phytochemical Agent Enhances, Improves Process of Wound Healing
• 10-23-07 FedSmith.com:  Best East Coast Cities for Defense Jobs
• 10-23-07 Baltimore Sun:  Church leaders press for an equitable BRAC -- Families, environment to be focus of meeting
• 10-23-07 Baltimore Sun:  Remaking Port Covington -- Owners of shopping center want mix of homes, offices, hotel
• 10-23-07 Frederick News-Post:  Transportation deficit, gas tax stressed in annual meeting
• 10-22-07 Government Executive: Bush seeks $46 billion boost for war
• 10-22-07 Forbes/Associated Press:  More for Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan
• 10-22-07 Christian Science Monitor/CBS News:  Wounded Troops Overwhelm Care -- Greater Proportion of Injured GIs Survive, Which Adds to Need for Health Care for Returning Vets
• 10-22-07 White House Press Release:  2008 War Funding Request -- Protecting the Force, Equipping Troops, Strengthening National Security (includes request for $416 million to accelerate to Spring 2010 the transition from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center to the National Military Medical Center, Bethesda and the new Ft. Belvoir Army Community Hospital.)  Detailed Fact Sheet from DOD.
• 10-21-07 Annapolis Capital:  Business group looks at transportation solutions at BWI
• 10-21-07 Petersburg (VA) Progress-Index:  Report says city should market to history buffs
• 10-21-07 Frederick (MD) News-Post:  Fort Detrick preps for new workers  
• 10-20-07 Asbury Park (NJ) Press:  Lawyer: Any delays in moving Fort Monmouth's mission costly
• 10-20-07 Annapolis Capital:  OPINION -- Editor's Notebook (BRAC transportation funding)
• 10-20-07 Baltimore Sun:  Md. jobless rate at 3.9% in Sept.
• 10-20-07 Washington Examiner:  Fairfax asking for voter approval to spend $8.5 million on BRAC projects
• 10-19-07 Washington Business Journal:  Walter Reed move to double patient and traffic load (pdf) (link to Journal) 
• 10-19-07 Washington Examiner:  Montgomery leaders urge Md. officials to give them base realignment funding
• 10-19-07 Psychiatric News (American Psychiatric Association): Longer Military Deployment Increases Risk of MH Problems
• 10-19-07 NBC-TV News4:  Officials Warn of Increased Traffic Near Bethesda Medical Center
• 10-19-07 WTOP News Radio:  Montgomery Co. Appeals for BRAC Bucks
• 10-19-07 Baltimore Sun:  More congestion for Bethesda -- Officials ask state help with growth expected from merger of NIH, military hospitals
• 10-19-07 Washington Post:  More Funds Urged For Roads as Navy Hospital Expands -- Officials Say Traffic Will Worsen Otherwise           
  
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