Former New Jersey representative Jim Courter has won plaudits for his stewardship of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, and may well chair the reconvened group in 1995. The GOP’s Courter is a convenient hit man for a Democratic president and Congress. Prospective ‘95 targets:
The Long Beach, Calif., naval shipyard.
Army bases nationwide. Courter expects the army to make a “fairly robust offer” of bases to close, since the navy has borne the brunt this time.
“Strategic Air Command bases in the Northern tier"most likely, Minot and Grand Forks, N.D.
Naval facilities in Maine and New Hampshire will “be under serious review.” The navy plans just two main U.S. ports, one to a coast.
