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OVERSEAS BASING COMMISSION RE-POSTS REPORT ON ITS WEBSITE

	WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 23, 2005 - The Commission on the Review of the Overseas Military Facility Structure of the United States (“Overseas Basing Commission”) has re-posted its report to the President and Congress on its website (http://www.obc.gov).

	The report, in which the Commission identified its major concerns and presented conclusions and recommendations with respect to future overseas basing issues, was released on May 9, 2005.

	Following publication of the report, the Department of Defense advised the Commission of its concerns that certain information in the report might have a deleterious impact on the Department's activities. In response, the Commission edited those passages to remove any such information. The Commission determined that the changes in the report had no affect on the conclusions and recommendations of the report and has re-posted the report to its website.

	The Commission continues to gather and assess information in preparation for its final report.  Several of the appendices are in the process of being updated and will be incorporated into the August 15, 2005, final report to the President and Congress.  

	A hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs chaired by Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is scheduled for 4 p.m. on June 28, 2005, in Room 138 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building, First and C Streets, N.E., Washington, D.C. The Overseas Basing Commission will be the first of two panels to testify at the hearing.

	“The conclusions and recommendations of the Commission remain unchanged from the May 9 report. We hope Congress, the President, the Department of Defense and the domestic Base Closure Commission will find them useful as they go about the critical task of realigning U.S. military presence both overseas and at home,” said Al Cornella, Commission chairman.