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Now on New Hampshire Outlook: Now facing closure, the fight has just begun in the battle to KEEP the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard OPEN. |
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Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. New Hampshire and Maine continue to show a UNITED front as the two states move forward in the battle to reverse the government's recommendation to close the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Political delegations from both states joined hundreds of Shipyard workers Monday morning for a rally outside the gates of the Shipyard. On Friday, the nation's oldest Shipyard learned it was on the list of U-S military bases the Defense Department was recommending for closure. But the governors and the Congressional delegations from both states told workers the fight to get the Shipyard off the list has just begun. Over the next twenty years the Department of Defense anticipates a net savings of nearly 50-billion dollars from the base closures. As for what happens next -- we'll have more on that in a moment. But first, producer Phil Vaughn was in Kittery on Friday to hear reaction to the announcement. |
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Joining me now to talk about what's next: Retired Capt. William McDonough the former Shipyard Commander and spokesperson for the Seacoast Shipyard Association, Russ Thibeault of Applied Economic Research in Laconia -- and George Bald of the Pease Development Authority. Welcome. Q BETH: The BRAC list is referred to as a "politically blind process" where an INDEPENDENT PANEL reviews Dept of Defense data and then compiles a list for closure or re-alignment. CAPT MCDONOUGH: You once told us -- you're DEAD if you're on the LIST. Is this a FUTILE fight? Are the cards STACKED against the yard? Q You'll be looking at FLAWS in the analysis in compiling the BRAC list. What ARGUMENTs are you hoping will SWAY the Panel to remove the shipyard from the list? Single MISSION of Shipyard make it vulnerable? Q GEORGE BALD: You're from the Seacoast, a former Mayor, You lived thru the closure of Pease AFB in back 91. You know the PAIN that lies ahead if the closure is inevitable. Any ADVICE at this stage of the game? Q RUSS THIBEAULT: As difficult as it would be to lose 46-hundred jobs and millions of dollars of payroll if the Shipyard closes -- Most economists believe the region would REBOUND in the long term. What will the REGION'S economy look like " without" the Yard? ** Actually could have a BRIGHT future? ======================= |
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BETH: The Secretary of Defense is defending the BRAC list. Donald Rumsfeld said: In a time of war, the base closings being recommended by the Pentagon become "more necessary, not less. He says the current setup was geared toward fighting the Cold War -- not the world-wide war against terror. Here's what he said to the commission that will "review" the Pentagon's list. The PANEL told Rumsfeld the proposals, if accepted, will have "profound effects" on the communities and the people who work at them. REACTION?? =================== Q GEORGE BALD: What SHOULD the state, and the region be doing to PREPARE for what's NEXT? Q RUSS THIBEAULT: Some have suggested it would be irresponsible to NOT look at future options. Given that: What are the potential re-uses of the shipyard if the battle to save it FAILS. Q CAPT MCDONOUGH: The Pease Tradeport -- is a MODEL of the successful RE-development of a former military base. Some would say if it worked at PEASE -- why not the SHIPYARD? Q GEORGE BALD: Extensive environmental CLEANUP is Needed before any development could take place at the Naval shipyard. That certainly was the case with Pease. ANy LESSONS we can apply to the Shipyard?? ** Pease closed in middle of a RECESSION -- that would not be the case with the Shipyard. Q President Bush recently unveiled a plan that would convert military bases into Oil Refineries as a way to expand the country's energy production. ROSS THIBEAULT: IS that a POSSIBLE re-use for the Shipyard? could it FIT on the site? Q CAPT MCDONOUGH: It's got to be rewarding to see the show of support the shipyard has received in the pre and post BRAC days. Every one of the states IMPACTED will be trying to make a case for staying OPEN. Economic Hardships -- will NOT be a factor. So, How does NH & MAINE - differentiate itself from the PACK? ** RUSS: Kittery has been using a federal grant from DOD to study OTHER uses for the facility. It needed to be submitted by last friday. ANY INKLING as to what kinds of businesses would be a good mix??? re-using existing heavy industrial facilities for private businesses. CAPT MCDONOUGH: Members of that Planning Commission -- have also been involved in the Save Our Shipyard effort-- can you shed any light on what's been TALKED about in the way of future uses for the shipyard?? ======= BETH: It's HARD to imagine the seacoast without the SHIPYARD.its been a fixture for 2 centuries. The next KEY date to watch for SEPT 8th. We'll hope for the best. CAPT MCDONOUGH RUSS THIBEAULT GEORGE BALD ======== QCAPT MCDONOUGH: Pease had mostly MILITARY personnel -- unlike the Naval Shipyard with a mostly CIVILIAN workforce. Can the 2 BE compared? What are the challenges? Pease took 10 years to rebound. Q RUSS THIBEAULT: Closure would have a RIPPLE effect on real estate market, retail business, and economy in general. Can Jobs and wages ever be RECOVERED?? Life without the shipyard. |
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The Secretary of Defense is defending the BRAC list. Donald Rumsfeld said: In a time of war, the base closings being recommended by the Pentagon become "more necessary, not less. He says the current setup was geared toward fighting the Cold War -- not the world-wide war against terror. Here's what he said to the commission that will "review" the Pentagon's list. The PANEL told Rumsfeld the proposals, if accepted, will have "profound effects" on the communities and the people who work at them. REACTION: |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook: Rallying to save the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard -- what the local politicians are doing in an effort to keep it open. Join us tonight at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Public Television. ================================= Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook: Highlights from the recent UNH authors' series with noted author and poet Donald Hall. Join us tonight at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Public Television. |
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AP-NH--Base Closings-NNE Portsmouth, Brunswick, on list of proposed base closings dew KITTERY, Maine - Supporters of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard are in shock and promising to take on the Pentagon as they fight to keep the yard open. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced this morning that the Pentagon would like to close the yard in the next round of nationwide military cutbacks. The base has 43 hundred employees, mostly from Maine and New Hampshire. A smaller number commutes from Massachusetts. Supporters contend the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is the most efficient shipyard for overhauling and upgrading nuclear submarines. The Navy apparently agrees. Just yesterday it presented the yard with an award citing its work record. A government commission will study each installation on Rumsfeld's list. Maine Senator Olympia Snowe said supporters will work relentlessly to dismantle the Navy's arguments for putting the base on the list. ========================= AP-NY-05-13-05 1443EDT AP-NH--Base Closings-Portsmouth-Glance Here is a brief look at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Mission: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard's primary mission is to overhaul, repair, modernize and refuel of Los Angeles-class nuclear powered submarines. But its three drydocks can host other active classes of submarines including the Virginia and Ohio classes. The shipyard is also home to a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. Economic impact: The base provides jobs to about 4,300 civilian employees and pumps about $185 million in Maine's economy and $123 million in New Hampshire's economy. About 59 percent of the workers come from Maine and 40 percent from New Hampshire. Upgrades: There were several upgrades in the 1980s including Drydock No. 2, a submarine overhaul and refueling complex that can fully enclose a submarine in a climate-controlled facility. Argument for staying open: Portsmouth is one of only four public shipyards and one of two on the East Coast capable of refueling nuclear submarines. It's also extremely efficient and has the most experience in submarine work. Trivia: Portsmouth was established in 1800 as the nation's first federal shipyard. AP-NY-05-13-05 1434EDT ================ AP-NH-Shipyard Workers Workers march to gate at lunchtime to protest closure recommendation dewst KITTERY, Maine - More than two-thousand Portsmouth Naval Shipyard workers used their lunch break today to march to the yard's front gate to speak out against the Navy's recommendation to take away their jobs. Many were chanting "We're number one!" Union President Paul O'Connor led the march. He said workers have been betrayed. O'Connor said he couldn't believe the recommendation, because it came one day after the Navy honored the yard with an award recognizing its work is above standards and below budget. AP-NY-05-13-05 1249EDT ============================== AP-MA--Base Closings-Hanscom Air Force base would stay open and grow under Pentagon plan BEDFORD, Mass. - State officials are breathing a huge sigh of relief over the Pentagon's recommendation to keep the Hanscom Air Force base open. So are the more than 30-thousand military and civilian personnel who work in the facility west of Boston. Hanscom is a leading research and development center for cutting-edge military technology, including electronic systems, flight management and avionics. Governor Romney and the state's congressional delegation lobbied hard to keep Hanscom open. Senator Ted Kennedy calls it the world's number one military facility for intelligence, information and communications. Under the Pentagon's proposal, Air and Space Information System facilities at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio and two other bases would be transferred to Hanscom, resulting in a gain of more than eleven-hundred jobs. AP-NY-05-13-05 1219EDT ===================================== AP-NH--Shipyard-Lynch Lynch promises united effort to fight shipyard recommendation dewho CONCORD, N.H. - Governor John Lynch says the fight to keep the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard open is just beginning. Lynch says Defense Secretary Donald Rumfseld's recommendation to close the yard is wrong for national defense and wrong for the country's bottom line. He noted that just yesterday, the Navy recognized the shipyard with a commendation, saying the yard superbly performs its mission with results are the benchmark among public and private nuclear shipyards. He said it makes no sense that a day after the award, Rumsfeld says the yard should be closed. AP-NY-05-13-05 1139EDT ============================== AP-NH--Base Closing Reax CORRECTION Bad news hits Shipyard community dewfn Makes it McDonough, not Donough in sixth graf PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - They are angry. They feel betrayed. And they are promising a big fight to protect the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and the Brunswick Naval Air Station. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is recommending the yard be closed and the air station lose about half its workers. Maine Senator Olympia Snowe said the shipyard recommendation is a travesity. And she said it makes no sense to realign Brunswick, the only remaining active duty airfield in the northeast, when the governmenet is trying to bolster homeland security. Snowe said supporters of both installations will work relentlessly to dismantle the Navy's arguments for putting the bases on the list. The yard has been on closure lists twice before, and was able to persuade the Pentagon to scratch it. New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg said the case needs to be made that the yard is important to national defense because it's one of four yards that can overhaul and maintain nuclear ships, that its work force consistently is rated the best and that it's been repairing nuclear subs ahead of schedule and under cost. Former yard commander William McDonough called the recommendation a "colossal error." He said the Pentagon distorted favorable data about the yard to support a closure recommendation. And in Portsmouth, Mayor Evelyn Sirrell repeated a battle cry from early Navy hero John Paul Jones, whose house is a city landmark. Said Sirrel: "We have not yet begun to fight." AP-NY-05-13-05 1131EDT ====================== AP-NH--Yard Closing-Jobs Help State says it stands ready to help if yard is closed dewho CONCORD, N.H. - The head of the New Hampshire agency that deals with unemployment says the state stands ready to help if the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard closes. Employment Security Commissioner Richard Brothers says yard workers are highly skilled and educated and would fit in well in other jobs in the region. He also said the redevelopment of the former Pease Air Force Base in Newington has become a national model for base closures, strengthened the area economy and created new jobs. He suggested that hard work and Yankee ingenuity could turn a yard closure into an opportunity for the area. AP-NY-05-13-05 1057EDT ============================ AP-NH--Base Closings-N.H. Shipyard, Brunswick base, other Maine, N.H. installations on list UNDATED - The Pentagon is recommending the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard be closed and the Brunswick Naval Air Station in Maine be revamped in the next round of military cuts. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld also recommended today that several other installations in Maine and New Hampshire either be closed or realigned. Here are the installations, and the recommendations: The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard would be closed, costing 43 hundred jobs. The realignment, or a change in mission, at Brunswick is unclear, but the list showed Brunswick losing nearly half of its 48 hundred jobs. The Defense Finance and Accounting Service in Limestone, Maine, would be closed, costing 241 jobs. The Naval Reserve Center in Bangor, Maine, would be closed, costing seven jobs. The Air National Guard Station at Bangor International Airport would gain 240 jobs. The list also recommends closing an Army Reserve Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, costing 44 jobs, but suggests adding 48 jobs at another center at the Pease International Tradeport, also in Portsmouth. AP-NY-05-13-05 1008EDT ================================== AP-NH--Base Closings-N.H. Shipyard, Brunswick base, other Maine, N.H. installations on list UNDATED - The Pentagon is recommending the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard be closed and the Brunswick Naval Air Station in Maine be revamped in the next round of military cuts. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld also recommended today that several other installations in Maine and New Hampshire either be closed or realigned. Here are the installations, and the recommendations: The Defense Finance and Accounting Service in Limestone, Maine, would be closed, costing 241 jobs. The Naval Reserve Center in Bangor, Maine, would be closed, costing seven jobs. The Air National Guard Station at Bangor International Airport would gain 240 jobs. The list also recommends closing an Army Reserve Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, costing 44 jobs, but suggests adding 48 jobs at another center at the Pease International Tradeport, also in Portsmouth. AP-NY-05-13-05 0949EDT ================================AP-NH--Base Closings-N.H. Shipyard, Brunswick base, other Maine, N.H. installations on list UNDATED - The Pentagon is recommending the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard be closed and the Brunswick Naval Air Station in Maine be revamped in the next round of military cuts. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld also recommended today that several other installations in Maine and New Hampshire either be closed or realigned. Here are the installations, and the recommendations: The Defense Finance and Accounting Service in Limestone, Maine, would be closed, costing 241 jobs. The Naval Reserve Center in Bangor, Maine, would be closed, costing seven jobs. The Air National Guard Station at Bangor International Airport would gain 240 jobs. The list also recommends closing an Army Reserve Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, costing 44 jobs, but suggests adding 48 jobs at another center at the Pease International Tradeport, also in Portsmouth. AP-NY-05-13-05 0949EDT |
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AP-NH--Base Closings-Timeline Timeline for Base Closure A look at the next steps in the base-closure process. -May 16, 2005: Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testify before the nine-member base closing commission. -May through August: The commission will hold public hearings, conduct site visits, and collect data on each facility on the Pentagon's list to determine whether the Defense Department proposal was justified. The commission can vote to add facilities to the list, but it takes seven of the nine members to do so. A simple majority vote would suffice to remove bases from the list. -Sept. 8, 2005: The commission must forward its report of recommendations to the president. -Sept. 23, 2005: The president must accept or reject the recommendations in their entirety. If they are accepted, Congress has 45 legislative days or until the end of its 2005 session to reject the recommendations in their entirety or they become final. If they are disapproved, the commission has until Oct. 20, 2005, to submit a revised report to the president. The president has until Nov. 7, 2005, to approve a revised report and send it to Congress. -The Pentagon then has six years to close, relocate or downsize bases on the final list. AP-NY-05-13-05 0950EDT |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 05/16/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 26:46 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: Now facing closure, the fight has just begun in the battle to KEEP the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard open. Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. New Hampshire and Maine continue to show a united front as the two states move forward in the battle to reverse the government's recommendation to close the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Political delegations from both states joined hundreds of Shipyard workers Monday morning for a rally outside the gates of the Shipyard. On Friday, the nation's oldest Shipyard learned it was on the list of U.S. military bases the Defense Department was recommending for closure. But the governors and the Congressional delegations from both states told workers the fight to get the Shipyard off the list has just begun. Joining me now to talk about what's next: Retired Capt. William McDonough the former Shipyard Commander and spokesperson for the Seacoast Shipyard Association, Russ Thibeault of Applied Economic Research in Laconia and George Bald of the Pease Development Authority. Welcome. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Gov. John Lynch\ New Hampshire, Sen. Olympia Snowe\ Maine, Sen. Judd Gregg\ New Hampshire, Capt. William McDonough \Former Shipyard Commander, Russ Thibeault\Applied Economic Research, George Bald\Pease Development Authority |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 05/16/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 26:46 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: Now facing closure, the fight has just begun in the battle to KEEP the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard open. Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. New Hampshire and Maine continue to show a united front as the two states move forward in the battle to reverse the government's recommendation to close the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Political delegations from both states joined hundreds of Shipyard workers Monday morning for a rally outside the gates of the Shipyard. On Friday, the nation's oldest Shipyard learned it was on the list of U.S. military bases the Defense Department was recommending for closure. But the governors and the Congressional delegations from both states told workers the fight to get the Shipyard off the list has just begun. Joining me now to talk about what's next: Retired Capt. William McDonough the former Shipyard Commander and spokesperson for the Seacoast Shipyard Association, Russ Thibeault of Applied Economic Research in Laconia and George Bald of the Pease Development Authority. Welcome. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Gov. John Lynch\ New Hampshire, Sen. Olympia Snowe\ Maine, Sen. Judd Gregg\ New Hampshire, Capt. William McDonough \Former Shipyard Commander, Russ Thibeault\Applied Economic Research, George Bald\Pease Development Authority |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 05/16/05 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 26:46 minutes Now on New Hampshire Outlook: Now facing closure, the fight has just begun in the battle to KEEP the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard open. Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. New Hampshire and Maine continue to show a united front as the two states move forward in the battle to reverse the government's recommendation to close the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Political delegations from both states joined hundreds of Shipyard workers Monday morning for a rally outside the gates of the Shipyard. On Friday, the nation's oldest Shipyard learned it was on the list of U.S. military bases the Defense Department was recommending for closure. But the governors and the Congressional delegations from both states told workers the fight to get the Shipyard off the list has just begun. Joining me now to talk about what's next: Retired Capt. William McDonough the former Shipyard Commander and spokesperson for the Seacoast Shipyard Association, Russ Thibeault of Applied Economic Research in Laconia and George Bald of the Pease Development Authority. Welcome. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Gov. John Lynch\ New Hampshire, Sen. Olympia Snowe\ Maine, Sen. Judd Gregg\ New Hampshire, Capt. William McDonough \Former Shipyard Commander, Russ Thibeault\Applied Economic Research, George Bald\Pease Development Authority |
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Monday, May 16, 2005: We taped late today to accommodate our guests joining us in-studio to discuss the future of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. We had one false start. All else went well. We finished just before 7pm. Director's Log: Since the students are out of school and going home, we had a smaller crew. We did not have our usual ADs and no one knew how to Floor Direct. So, poor Adam Frost had to do both. He did the keys, ran into the studio to put on makeup and mic them and ran back in to AD the show. Drew floor directed during the show. It was quite a mixed up crew show. But it seeme to all go well. Adam had Beth's ready and changed it last minute to get another key ready and didn't tell me he changed it, so I keyed Beth, Rumseld.It was only for a split second. We kept going as if live. I think most people will figure out she is not Rumsfeld. All else was great. |
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Monday May 16 Coming up: Fighting to save the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. I'm BC join me next for New Hampshire Outlook. Tuesday May 17 Coming up, Highlights from the recent UNH authors' series with author and poet Donald Hall. I'm Beth Carroll, NH Outlook is next. Wednesday May 18 Coming Up. We get an update on the issues with Congressman Charles Bass. I'M BC, my conversation with him next on NH Outlook. Thursday May 19 Coming Up: The changing face of the state's landscape. up next on New Hampshire Outlook. Friday May 20 Coming up: Journalists from around the state discuss the week's top stories. I'm BC -- New Hampshire Outlook is next. |
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NH Outlook May 16 - May 20 Monday, May 16 Saving the Shipyard It's official. The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is on the U.S. military's base closure list. But the fight is far from over. In this program we'll have reaction and analysis to Friday's announcement and look at next steps in the base closings process. Scheduled to appear in-studio are: Ret. Navy Capt. William McDonough, former PNS commander; Russ Thibeault of Applied Economic Research and George Bald, executive director of the Pease Development Authority. http:/www.defenselink.mil/brac/ Tuesday, May 17 UNH Authors' Series In this special NH Outlook presentation, noted New Hampshire author and poet Donald Hall is interviewed by writer, reviewer and humorist Rebecca Rule as part of the Authors' Series from Dimond Library at the University of New Hampshire. http:/www.library.unh.edu/friends/ Wednesday, May 18 Congressman Charles Bass We get a legislative update from New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District Representative Charles Bass, including reaction to Friday's military base closure announcement. http:/www.house.gov/bass/ Thursday, May 19 NH's Changing Landscape Southern New Hampshire is growing at breakneck speed. A new report from the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests shows where the growth is and how the landscape is expected to change over the next twenty years. NH Outlook host Beth Carroll takes a walk in the woods with SPNHF policy director Chris Wells and researcher Dan Sundquist and talks about the Granite State's transition from urban to suburban status. http:/www.spnhf.org/ Friday, May 20 Friday Edition Journalists from around the state discuss the week's top stories. |
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