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Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Funeral program for Annie Mae Chase, born December 1, 1939 and died June 12, 2005. The funeral was held July 16, 2005 at Mount Sinai Baptist Church. The funeral arrangements were made through D. W. Brooks Funeral Home and she was buried in Southern Memorial Park in San Antonio, Texas.

Interview with Donald Davis Kaiser, an Army veteran of the Vietnam War, originally from Yoakum, Texas. Kaiser answers many questions regarding his training in the United States, to which he recalls that basic training was very difficult and miserable. The interview goes on to discuss his time while overseas in Vietnam including combat during the Tet Offensive in early 1968.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to Chairman Principi from NM Senators Domenici and Bingaman expressing their concern that the recusals by several BRAC Commissioners may have an adverse effect on the Commissions ability to fulfill the important public trust responsibilities as expected under applicable laws and regulations..

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to Chairman Principi from Rep Brian Higgins (27th NY) expressing his support to keep the Niagara Falls Air Force Base open claiming that the Air Force is using the 2005 BRAC round for the purposes that contradict BRAC’s true intent.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to Chairman Principi from Rep Solomon Ortiz (27th TX) thanking the Chairman for sending a courtesy copy of the letter requesting additional information from the Department of Defense relating to installations that may be added to the BRAC list.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to Chairman Principi from Gov Thomas Vilsack supporting DFAS at the Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to Chairman Principi CC’d to all Commissioners from Senators Kent Conrad, Byron Dorgan, Rep Earl Pomeroy, and Gov John Hoeven of North Dakota bringing to attention an enclosed Military Judgment Justifying Retaining Grand Forks Air Force Base.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to Chairman Principi from Thomas Rogers, Borough of Rumson, NJ regarding the attached resolution in support of keeping Fort Monmouth open.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to Chairman Principi from Rep Jack Kingston, as well as GA Senators Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson thanking the Chairman for the opportunity to testify in Atlanta before the BRAC Commission and supporting adding new missions to Submarine Base Kings Bay. However they do not support for the realignment of the New London Submarine Base in CT. Rep Kingston also expresses his support for Moody AFB, the attached talking paper highlights his points.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to James Hansen from Rep Tom Delay (22nd, TX) thanking the Commissioner for his involvement with the Ellington Field site visit in Houston, TX.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to all Commissioners from California’s Monterey County Board of Supervisors offering several comments regarding the Commission’s inquiry to the Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld regarding Professional Development Education.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to Chairman Principi from NM State Representative Brian Moore expressing his support for Cannon AFB.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to Chairman Principi from MD Gov Robert Ehrlich thanking the BRAC Commissioners for their interest and attention to the Maryland presentation given on 07/08/2005. Gov Ehrlich also expresses his continued support for Aberdeen Proving Ground.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to Deirdre Walsh from Rep Sherwood Boehlert enclosing approximately 662 signatures by New York community members who wish for DFAS Rome to stay open.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to Joe Barrett from Angela Shafer-Payne, San Diego International Airport, enclosing information regarding the 2001 SDIA Master Plan.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to Chairman Principi and CC Charles Battaglia from Dennis McCarthy, Executive Director of the ROA, enclosing white paper addressing the ROA’s overall concerns about the DoD’s recommendations for BRAC.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to all Commissioners and Charles Battaglia from Wayne Girardet, Department of Military and Veteran Affairs, NJ, enclosing a color copy of white paper previously given to the Commission in black & white that was difficult to decipher. The white paper discusses the 108th ARW.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to Chairman Principi from OH Senator Mike DeWine inviting all Commissioners to visit Ohio’s Miami Valley.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to all Commissioners from the Town of Barrington, New Hampshire in support of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to Chairman Principi from Mary Ann Meola, City of Middleburg Heights, Ohio attaching a resolution urging the BRAC Commission to keep DFAS Cleveland open.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to Chairman Principi from AK Governor Frank Murkowski expressing his concerns over the process used by DoD to select bases for BRAC and wishing to ensure that the U.S. Constitution and other federal laws are followed in order to avoid the possibility of costly litigation between DoD and the State of Alaska. The Governor referred specifically to Kulis ANG Base and Eielson AFB.

Executive Correspondence – Letter dtd 07/15/05 to Chairman Principi from James Duderstadt, President Emeritus University of Michigan Professor of Science and Engineering, endorsing the importance of the Naval Postgraduate School. He also enclosed a letter dated 24 March 2005 sent to Secretary Rumsfeld discussing this issue.