August 26, 2010
GROTON -- The Pentagon has yet to begin another review of potential base closures, but politicians already are making an election-year rush to defend the Groton sub base from even the first hints of a threat.
Five years after the sub base was saved after an initial closure recommendation, politicians in both parties are acknowledging the political power of standing up to even the idea that the Pentagon might take away thousands of jobs from an economically hard-hit region. Read more
