Nation: Erasing the Obsolete
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Wherever possible, McNamara tried to ease the immediate economic impact on communities affected by shutdowns. He set up a committee, composed of representatives from eleven Government agencies, to study the problems of such communities, work with local officials in making the economic transition. Said he: "There is a social cost, and we plan to meet it." But it was nonetheless true that the social or even the economic cost was well worth paying as against the enormous price of a sprawling, unwieldy and antiquated system of military establishments.
After McNamara's cuts, the U.S. will still have no fewer than 6,600 military installations, and the Defense budget will still amount to $46.7 billion. That's a lot of defense.
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