The Honorable Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy, and Mr. Thomas Ledvina, Assistant General Counsel (I&E), met at 1327 on 9 December 2004 with a delegation from the Charleston, South Carolina, Metro Chamber of Commerce (CMCOC). Attending for the CMCOC were: The Honorable Richard Eckstrom, Comptroller General, State of South Carolina; the Honorable Ed Fava, Charleston County Council; Mr. Peter Wertimer, Immediate Past President, CMCOC; VADM Albert J. Baccario, USN (Ret.), Chair, Military Relations Policy Council, CMCOC; BGEN Thomas R. Mikolajik, USAF (Ret.), Military Relations Advisor, CMCOC; Ms. Mary Graham, CCR, Vice-President, Public Policy/Regional Advancement, CMCOC; Ms. Caitlin Ruthven, Military Relations Coordinator, CMCOC; Mr. Chris Socha, Legislative Assistant to Senator-elect Jim DeMint; and Ms. Delores DaCosta, Chief of Staff for Congressman Henry Brown; In addition, LCDR Vincent J. Moore, JAGC, USNR and Capt James A. Noel, USMC, ODASN (Ism) were also present.

The Honorable BJ Penn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Environment, and the Honorable Wayne Arny, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Facilities met with the Honorable Mark Sanford, Governor of South Carolina and members of the South Carolina Military Base Task Force, including Kurt Taylor, Mayor Pro Tempore, North Charleston; Bob Coble, Mayor, Columbia; Bill Rauch, Mayor, Beaufort; Joe Riley, Mayor, Charleston; William Randolph, Mayor Pro Tempore, Sumter; Richard Eckstrom, Comptroller General and Co-Chair, South Carolina Military Base Task Force; Brig. General (ret. ) Thomas R. Mikolajcik, USA; and, James C. McGuire, Off ice of the Governor, in Room 43523 at 1000 on 14 March 2005. In addition, CAPT John E. Cohoon, USN, Chief of Staff, Commander Navy Installations Command; CAPT James D. Heffernan, USN, OASN (I&E); and, Capt James A. Noel, USMC, ODASN (IS&A) were also present.